The Apple
Notes : Property of the Estate late Phil du Plessis
Phil du Plessis, a medical doctor and practising psychoanalyst, had wide interests in art, literature, philosophy and music. He was a gifted poet with thirteen volumes of poetry published and an accomplished violinist who performed regularly with fellow musicians in chamber music recitals at Liscard, his historic home in Kalk Bay. A close friend of art cognoscenti such as Dr Raymund van Niekerk, former Director of the South African National Gallery, and of artists, including Johannes Meintjes, Walter Battiss, Christo Coetzee, Judith Mason, Andrew Verster and Hylton Nel, he acquired a substantial collection of fine art.
