Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957)
About the lot N° 41
Bosveld
Medium: charcoal and pastel on paper Size : 21,5 by 31,5cm excluding frame, 35,5 by 44,5 by 2,5cm including frame Signature: signed, dated 43 and inscribed with the title
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Notes : Pierneef’s pencil drawings are a highlight of his talent. He loved the trees (for their forms) and the stones (for their colouring) of the bushveld with an almost religious fervour. He drew them exquisitely… They are poetry. Justice JF Marais