The Poet
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911 - 1975)
237
ZAR 800,000 - ZAR 1,200,000
Oil on canvas
Paintings
71.5 cm - 61 cm (28.15 in - 24.02 in)
65
Signed / Inscribed
Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection - Evening Sale, Live Virtual
Nov 21, 2022
Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 March 1967, lot 176 Professor Dr Ernst van Heerden, Pretoria. Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection.
Pretoria Art Museum (1972) Alexis Preller: Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Pretoria: Pretoria Art Museum, illustrated in black and white, illustrated in black and white with the title 'The Poet', cat. no. 123, unpaginated.  Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing, referred in the text on page 284 as 'The Prophet' and again on page 371 as 'The Poet'.  Matthys Strydom (2021) Nog Stories Teen My Muur, George: LW Hiemstra Trust, illustrated in colour on page 100, with the title The Prophet. 
Johannesburg City Hall, A Century of South African Art, July 1969, cat no. 51. Pretoria Art Museum, Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, 24 October to 26 November 1972, cat no. 123. 
Paintings
The Poet
237
ZAR 800,000 - ZAR 1,200,000
Oil on canvas
Paintings
71.5 cm - 61 cm (28.15 in - 24.02 in)
65
Signed / Inscribed
Strauss & Co | Online
Nov 21, 2022
Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 March 1967, lot 176 Professor Dr Ernst van Heerden, Pretoria. Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection.
Pretoria Art Museum (1972) Alexis Preller: Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Pretoria: Pretoria Art Museum, illustrated in black and white, illustrated in black and white with the title 'The Poet', cat. no. 123, unpaginated.  Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing, referred in the text on page 284 as 'The Prophet' and again on page 371 as 'The Poet'.  Matthys Strydom (2021) Nog Stories Teen My Muur, George: LW Hiemstra Trust, illustrated in colour on page 100, with the title The Prophet. 
Johannesburg City Hall, A Century of South African Art, July 1969, cat no. 51. Pretoria Art Museum, Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, 24 October to 26 November 1972, cat no. 123. 
Paintings