Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

26 T O P L A C E A B I D C L I C K O N T H E R E D L O T N U M B E R 724 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923–1980 Seun met Boek (Boy with Book – Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz) signed and dated ‘48; a copy of the Johannes Meintjes diary entry that refers to the painting adhered to the reverse oil on wood panel 71 by 53 cm R100 000 – 150 000 725 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923–1980 Lake with Figure and Horse signed and dated 1961 oil on canvas laid down on board 35 by 44,5 cm R60 000 – 80 000 PROVENANCE Jacques van Coller, Meyerton. Private Collection. EXHIBITED Art Hall of the National Museum, Bloemfontein, Johannes Meintjes Exhibition , 2 to 7 April 1962, catalogue number 30. LITERATURE Staff Reporter (1962) ‘Regter en Mev S Hofmeyer saam met Mnr Johannes Meintjes’, Die Volksblad , Bloemfontein, 4 April, illustrated. Johannes Meintjes catalogue number JM 736. PROVENANCE Laerskool Sentraal, Bloemfontein. EXHIBITED Oranje-Koffiehuis, Bloemfontein, Johannes Meintjes Exhibition , 30 July to 13 August 1949, catalogue number 21. LITERATURE Johannes Meintjes (1948) Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes: Deel II , Molteno: Bamboesberg, mentioned in the entry for 4 August 1949 on page 128. Art Critic PJA (1949) ’The Friend’, 11 August. Johannes Meintjes catalogue number JM 219.