Manie Strydom
Provenienza : The Professor Leon Strydom Collection. Strauss & Co, The Professor Leon Strydom Collection and Sixty Years of Collecting Linn Ware, The David Hall Collection, Cape Town, 10 August 2021, lot 241.
Literature : Matthys Strydom (1979) Gerhard de Leeuw, George: Suidkaap-Uitgewery, illustrated on pages 74 and 75.
Note : Gerard De Leeuw was commissioned by Matthys Strydom to sculpt this portrait of his father, Manie Strydom. Two editions were cast, of which this one was owned by Professor Leon Strydom. The current owner bought it from The Professor Leon Strydom Collection auction by Strauss & Co in 2021.
