Lot Essay
Van Wouw considered Dagga Smoker, which he spent nine months working on, to be his best work. There is another bronze example in the Van Wouw House, Pretoria.
Details
ANTON VAN WOUW (South African, 1862-1945)
'Dagga Smoker', A Bronze Figure of a Bushman
inscribed 'A. van Wouw S.A Joh-burg'
6½ x 20in. (16.5 x 50.8cm.), on wood base with separate brass tag inscribed 'PRESENTED BY THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF TO MR. JOHN MARTIN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE DIAMOND FIELDS ADVERTISER, ON HIS RETIREMENT, KIMBERLY JUNE 30TH 1926', rich medium brown patina
'Dagga Smoker', A Bronze Figure of a Bushman
inscribed 'A. van Wouw S.A Joh-burg'
6½ x 20in. (16.5 x 50.8cm.), on wood base with separate brass tag inscribed 'PRESENTED BY THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF TO MR. JOHN MARTIN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE DIAMOND FIELDS ADVERTISER, ON HIS RETIREMENT, KIMBERLY JUNE 30TH 1926', rich medium brown patina
Literature
A.E. Duffey, Anton van Wouw (1862-1945) en die van Wouwhuis, University of Pretoria, 1981, cat. no. A37, p. 32, illus.
Exhibited
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, African Image: Representations of the Black Throughout History, February 17-March 30, 1980