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Lot 80
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FACTS AND FIGURES. Published 1964, compliments of Stewart K. Fogg - This is your Congress by John E. Russell, 1955 (covers split and loose) - Scenes of Modern New York c.1948 (covers spit and loose) - The McKerry Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. TOGETHER WITH A SMALL SELECTION OF OTHERS RELATED
Lot 431
A 19th Century flame mahogany longcase clock, signed G. K. Hirst, Leeds, the arched square dial painted with a hunter with gundog and pheasant, the spandrels painted with fruit, the chapter ring with Roman numerals, subsidiary date and seconds dials, 8-day movement, the case with box strung outlines, the hood with swan neck pediment, 233cm high.
Lot 165
A collection of modern Royal Doulton character jugs of military subjects, including limited edition 'Napoleon' modelled by Stanley James Taylor, no. 1416/2000; limited edition 'Field Marshall Montgomery' modelled by Stanley James Taylor, no. 893/2500; 'Vice Admiral Lord Nelson' modelled by Stanley James Taylor; 'General Gordon', modelled by William K. Harper; and 'George Washington; together with a Wade Heath water jug (6)
Lot 105
A modern 14k yellow and white gold band ring, the centre panel of textured design and the face set with two small diamonds (size K - weight 6.6 grammes), a modern 14k gold crossover ring, the twin face set with eight baguette cut diamonds (size L - weight 3.7 grammes), and three other modern gold coloured metal rings (gross weight 12.9 grammes - unmarked)
Lot 444
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African 1886-1957) VASCO DA GAMA SEIL OM KAAP PUNT signed and dated 49; signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on canvas laid down on board A Pretoria Art Museum label is adhered to the reverse 29 by 39cm Vasco Da Gama’s first expedition to the east passed the Cape of Good Hope in November 1497. The Portuguese Commander’s fleet consisted of three caravels and a crew of 148 men. Vasco Da Gama Seil Om Kaap Punt memorializes this historic event that was to shape the destiny of our country and indeed change the fortunes of Europe. Captured against a palette of blue sea, sky and land, three billowing caravels sail across the choppy sea. Emblazoned with the sovereign insignia of Portugal, the small ships are presented in the face of a gale as they round Cape Point. Completed in 1949 the small oil painting was gifted in the same year to a couple who appear to have been neighbours of the artist at Henley-on-Klip. Aan Jean en Dirk van May en Henk 1949 is inscribed on the back in pencil, and countersigned and dated by the artist above that. As an affirmation of all that embodied nationalism in South Africa, the subject emphasizes Pierneef’s belief that South African artists should have their own style and set of rules to follow. In this he was particularly against the influence that the colonial government exerted on art education, depending heavily on the so called “English” approach to art. The formal qualities of the seascape - sweeping vista, and tonal gradations, voluminous sky with a focal point of light, angular ships convey Pierneef’s signature style. However, the unusual nature of the subject matter may be partly explained by Dirk Lion-Cachet’s lineage and history. An engineer and head of the Rand Show in Johannesburg, Dirk Lion-Cachet built an acclaimed collection of art including many works by his friend and neighbour, Henk Pierneef before his death in 1985. He was descended from a lineage of Portuguese ancestry, an influential family of missionaries and protagonists for the development of Afrikaner Nationalism. These circumstances and interests coalesce in the lyrical painting of Lusitanian sailing caravels on the azure and windy Cape coast created by the artist as a tribute to his friend in 1949. Vasco Da Gama seil om Kaappunt was loaned to the Pretoria Art Museum, most likely for the opening exhibition in 1965. The same year a bronze model of Vasco da Gama’s caravel was presented to the museum by the Portuguese community. - C. K. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-citizen-gauteng/20161125/282789241041441 The work was gifted to Jeanne and Dirk Lion- Cachet “friends and supporters of Pierneef’s work.
Lot 25
inscribed ‘Antibes Avril ‘31’ watercolour on paper Works on Paper Exhibition, London Regional Art Gallery., London, Ontario , Canada 1978PROVENANCE Gifted by Paul Signac and thence by descent to the current owner 25,5 by 43,5cmJeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange (1877-1958) is distinguished as being simultaneously an important member of the French Neo-impressionist School and an acclaimed woman artist at the turn of the 19th century. She became closely associated with Paul Signac (1863-1935) both professionally and through family bonds. Born into a creative family, Jeanne was raised with art and artists and designers around her, and she was already an established artist and married mother when she met Paul Signac in 1909. Signac, who was also also married, fell in love with the Jeanne while she was his student. A few years later, with no intention of disrupting their partners, together they moved into a villa in Antibes overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.Signac remained on amicable terms with his wife Berthe, and Jeanne was content to remain discreetly in the background in order not to distract the maestro. A few years later they had a daughter, Ginette, born in 1913.As an artist, Jeanne was prolific and worked in both oils and on paper. Her work is renowned for light-infused studies of their Mediterranean garden and voluptuous colour-drenched flower studies in the pointillist style. Because of the artist’s appealing subject matter and close association with Paul Signac, her work remains sought after today with an impressive auction record and notable inclusions in museum collections in both France and North America. Indeed as the wife of the foremost exponent of Post Impressions she commands attention, both for the influence Signac and the movement had on her oeuvre and for her own significant artistic achievements. Initially attributed to Paul Signac, Bouquets de Fleurs was reattributed to Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgranges by Francoise Cochin (1936-2011) the granddaughter of the artist, shortly after it had been exhibited in Canada at the London Regional Art Gallery in 1978.The work is inscribed Antibes, avril ‘31 in pencil, indicating that it was completed shortly before the death of her beloved, Paul Signac.- C K
Lot 376
Maurice Van Essche (South African 1906-1977) PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN oil on canvas 51,5 by 41cm Maurice van Essche came to South Africa equipped with a sound understanding of European art history, a sympathy towards the formalist currents of modern art and a fresh personal approach to interpreting African themes. Upon his arrival he was immediately accepted as a member of the New Group and quickly established himself as an important contributor to the burgeoning South African art scene. During his youth, van Essche worked in a stained glass studio and his experience there greatly informed his artistic output. This is most noticeable in his almost obsessive use of reds and blues which dominated his palette and can be seen in the background and garment of Portrait of a Woman. Van Essche’s treatment towards portraiture was decidedly modern. His semi-cubist analysis of facial features and simplification of the human form approaches abstraction. As an artist, van Essche often courted certain ideas of abstraction, but never committed to the notion entirely. Despite his use of geometric conventions, he never sacrificed the human qualities of his sitters in his concern with formal values. -K. W. Berman, E. Art & Artists of South Africa. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1974
Lot 425
Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning (South African 1873-1921) GROEN LANDSKAP signed oil on board 19,5 by 29,5cm Pieter Wenning lived a short life, yet his acclaimed period of landscape painting was by comparison fleeting. A modest and congenial man, Wenning, who had a Dutch upbringing, came to South Africa already married in his early 20’s. In some ways his life was tragic, as he was virtually unrecognized and unable to make a living from both his art and his career in publishing. His health was not good and he was childless although he married twice. Sadly, he never realized his dream of owning a home in which to raise a family due to enduring poverty. These circumstances shaped his world view as well as his artistic production. Lacking any pretentions of social grandeur, Wenning found ample subject matter in the bucolic and decaying landscapes around him, particularly in the Cape during its “Green Season”. He acutely observed and recorded the remnants of the early colony as it disappeared at a time of global turmoil at the turn of the century. Looking at the artists’ Cape landscape paintings it is difficult to reconcile these pastoral views with the urban, gentrified world we know a century later. Malta Farm, Salt River is a case in point. A favourite subject of the artist’s, he returned to paint it frequently, and it has since become an iconic work. Regrettably, the 17th century Cape farmhouse was destroyed in the 1970s to be replaced by a huge industrial park. Groenlandskap is characteristic of Wenning’s style in which the sky encompasses two thirds of the canvas and a cluster of modest farm buildings gives way to an intensely green foreground. It was in the green African vistas that Pieter Wenning found his true expression and acclaim as the foremost South African landscape painter of his time. - C. K.
Lot 400
Flemish School and French School (European 1300-1600) SIX FLEMISH RENAISSANCE STAINED GLASS PANELS AND TWO OTHERS good with some loose panes various The historic centre of Antwerp on the banks of the River Schelde is a declared UNESCO World Heritage site and is distinguished by magnificent architecture and multi-storied elegant town houses. The most notable being the Italian inspired Baroque masterpiece designed and built by the great Flemish artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens in the early 1600’s. Around the corner in the Diamond district, a more restrained row of Flemish Renaissance style homes stand in Arenberg Street. Built in the 16th century, No.12 Arenberg Street was the original home to this set of eight stained glass panels. Created by skilled Flemish and possibly French artists, they were installed in the front façade on either side of the entrance door with family crests and coats of arms identifying the occupants and religious symbolism declaring their virtue. The eight windows were saved from destruction when they travelled to South Africa via the Congo with the owners after World War II. They were installed in a house near the University of Cape Town and subsequently some were loaned to the South African Cultural History Museum (now Iziko Social History Collections at the Slave Lodge) where they were exhibited. This set of eight stained glass panels is an exceptional surviving example of the flourishing visual arts that graced buildings in the golden period of Flanders under Spanish rule. - C. K.
Lot 426
Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning (South African 1873-1921) MALTA FARM, SALT RIVER signed mixed media on paper 27,5 by 34,5cm Pieter Wenning lived a short life, yet his acclaimed period of landscape painting was by comparison fleeting. A modest and congenial man, Wenning, who had a Dutch upbringing, came to South Africa already married in his early 20’s. In some ways his life was tragic, as he was virtually unrecognized and unable to make a living from both his art and his career in publishing. His health was not good and he was childless although he married twice. Sadly, he never realized his dream of owning a home in which to raise a family due to enduring poverty. These circumstances shaped his world view as well as his artistic production. Lacking any pretentions of social grandeur, Wenning found ample subject matter in the bucolic and decaying landscapes around him, particularly in the Cape during its “Green Season”. He acutely observed and recorded the remnants of the early colony as it disappeared at a time of global turmoil at the turn of the century. Looking at the artists’ Cape landscape paintings it is difficult to reconcile these pastoral views with the urban, gentrified world we know a century later. Malta Farm, Salt River is a case in point. A favourite subject of the artist’s, he returned to paint it frequently, and it has since become an iconic work. Regrettably, the 17th century Cape farmhouse was destroyed in the 1970s to be replaced by a huge industrial park. Groenlandskap is characteristic of Wenning’s style in which the sky encompasses two thirds of the canvas and a cluster of modest farm buildings gives way to an intensely green foreground. It was in the green African vistas that Pieter Wenning found his true expression and acclaim as the foremost South African landscape painter of his time. - C. K.
Lot 1512
Group of two advertising posters: 1. Den elegante filtercigaret, der giver Dem ren tobaksnydelse (The elegant filter cigarette that gives you pure tobacco enjoyment) - Corner er klasse (Corner is class) - Country: Denmark. Year: 1950s. Artist: K. Lannen. Size (cm): 66x47. Good condition, foxing and staining.; 2. Corner Cigarettes Advertising Country: Denmark. Year: 1960s?. Artist: Unknown. Size (cm): 66x47. Good condition, staining, folds and small tears in top right corner.
Lot 3510
Original vintage Soviet sport propaganda poster: Achieve the 2nd Stage in the Ready for Labour and Defense (GTO - Gotov k Trudu i Oborone) Sports Ranking. Dynamic motivational design featuring a table of sporting results below a red star emblem with a smiling young man leading a group of male athletes on the left and a smiling young lady leading a group of female athletes on the right, all wearing sport uniform with red flags carried at the back of the parade and the text above and below in stylised red letters. Very good condition, faint creases in margins. Country:Russia. Year:1951. Designer:A. Lavrov. Size (cm):83x57
Lot 5402
Original vintage movie poster for the Danish release of the British film The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also released simply as "Nicholas Nickleby"), the 1947 (released in the U.S. in 1948) Alberto Cavalcanti English family relationship romantic melodrama ("Based on the novel by Charles Dickens"; about a young man whose father dies, leaving his family destitute, and his miserable uncle treats him terribly) starring Cedric Hardwicke ("and a Ten-Star Cast"), Mary Merrall, Sally Ann Howes, Sybil Thorndike, Derek Bond (in the title role as Nicholas Nickleby), and Stanley Holloway. Country: Denmark. Year: 1947. Artist: K. Wenzel. Size (cm): 85x62. Good condition, folded as issued, minor tears and pinholes in corners, faint creases in margins.
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