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South African
(1862 – 1945)
The father of the naturalistic and Euro-centric sculptural tradition in South Africa, Anton van Wouw left a remarkable and era-defining body of monumental and small-scale bronzes. Born in Driebergen in 1862, and apprenticed to the Belgian sculptor Joseph Graven, Van Wouw arrived in Pretoria in 1890 (the same year, incidentally, as his countryman Frans Oerder). While in his early years on the Highv
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The Art Student (Gordon Leith), accompanied by a portfolio of original architectural and figure study drawings by Gordon Leith , 1902
Bronze with a brown patina, on a wooden base
33.5 cm - 28 cm (13.19 in - 11.02 in)
Slegte Nuus, 1907
Bronze with a brown and green patina on a wooden base; cast by the Nisini foundry, Rome
32.5 cm - 134 cm (12.8 in - 52.76 in)
Bas-relief Bust of Dr Herman Breijer, 1925
Bronze with a brown patina
29.5 cm - 58 cm (11.61 in - 22.83 in)
The Mieliepap Eater
Bronze with a dark brown patina mounted on a marble base
17 cm - 15 cm (6.69 in - 5.91 in)
The Laughing Basuto, 1933
Bronze with a brown patina on a wooden base
32 cm - 36 cm (12.6 in - 14.17 in)
Die Noitje van die Onderveld, 1907
Bronze with a brown patina on a wooden base
42 cm - 44 cm (16.54 in - 17.32 in)
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