R25,000 - R40,000
Johannes Petrus Meintjes (South African 1923 - 1980) ICON: ST HERONIMUS & ST CAECILIA
LOCATION: CAPE TOWN
signed; executed 1944; catalogue number: JM #49
oil on panel
28,5 by 23cm; 62 by 56 by 3,5cm including frame
PROVENANCE:
first owned by Prof Dr W.E.G Louw, Rhodes University, Makhanda
LITERATURE:
Meintjes, J. P. 1961. Die Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes, Molteno: Bamboesberg Publishers, catalogued on page 184
Meintjes, J. P. nd. Johannes Meintjes Diaries, Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, described on page 52
EXTRACT FROM ABOVE:
CAPE TOWN
6 December
“Months have passed without my making any notes, perhaps too much has happened. I have travelled a lot, seen a lot and experienced a lot.”
“Once I returned to Cape Town after the exhibition, in September, I managed to find a studio, centrally located, 134 Long Street, on the first floor.”
“I worked very hard for about a month and a half, cultivated new friendships and made new enemies. Since my success some of my old friends have turned against me, or the friendship has just cooled off.”
“I left for Grahamstown on 29 October [1944] to visit [Professor] W.E.G. Louw for a month. He and [the composer] Rosa [Nepgen] even made a studio available in their huge house and insisted that I work - I actually just wanted a holiday!”
“I produced ten paintings in Grahamstown: Alter Ego [JM #51], They call her Tortoise [JM #53], Native Head, Mirrored Image [JM #54], Karoo Mother [JM #52], Malay Singers [JM #50], Self-portrait [JM#58], St Heronimus and Caecilia [JM #49], a portrait of Rosa [JM #70] and an unimportant smaller one. Four of these paintings are among my best works, and that’s a good harvest” (Diary 1: 96).
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