Review 2011

Pieter Wenning At Claremont, CP signed, inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on canvas 37,5 by 47,5cm Sold R1 782 400, March 2011 RECORD The paintings of Pieter Wenning, an underrated artist in the opinion of Stephan Welz, are exciting much interest amongst art collectors with At Claremont , CP having sold for R1 782400 at Strauss & Co’s March 2011 sale in Cape Town, establishing a new record for the artist. It was painted in 1919 when an impoverishedWenning was lodging at the Vineyard Hotel and leading businessman and Member of Parliament, Dr William Duncan Baxter of Baxter Theatre fame, came to his rescue by settling his bill. 14