£11,500
After Anton van Wouw (Dutch/South African, 1862-1945) "Dagga Smoker", bronze, postumous cast signed on the base "A. van Woow. S.A. _ Joh_burg", 20 x 9in. (50.8 x 22.9cm.) x 6¾in. (17.1cm.). Provenance; Purchased John's Auctioneers, Durban, South Africa, 1989. *Depicting a man crouched on the floor to smoke dagga (marijuana, a kind of hemp that grows wild in South Africa). He holds a calabash filled with water in his right hand and a pipe in his left. The artist started work on the figure in 1907 and it took a further nine months to complete what became one his most popular works. Casts were made in South Africa after the artist's death, of which the present lot is one.
* Nice brownish patina, some verdigris to edges etc, good condition.
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