Willem Hermanus Coetzer (1900-1983)
About the lot N° 412
Groot Trek Scene, Tapestry Study
Medium: conté on paper
Size : 25 by 24cm excluding frame, 45 by 41 by 1,5cm including frame
Signature: signed and inscribed with a dedication 'Aan Hester, inscribed with 'Tekening van Tapisserie No. 15 Voorstelling van Groot Trek se Moeilikhede' on a label adhered to the reverse
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Notes : The artist WH Coetzer designed a series of 15 tapestries on the subject of the Great Trek for the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. It took nine women, members of the ATKV, eight years to complete stitching the series. The scenes foreground the role of women in the Trek
For an image of the completed tapestry No. 15, see https://visitstothepark.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/the-famous-tapestry-in-the-voortrekker-monument/
