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IMPORTANT INFORMATION The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA. Lots containing ivory are indicated by the symbol Ф printed beside the lot number in this catalogue. Lagos Live Link Wednesday 20 March 2019 at 5pm (Lagos time) Wheatbaker Hotel, 4 Onitolo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos For those unable to personally attend the auction at our ENQUIRIES BEN ENWONWU New Bond Street gallery in London, we will again be offering Neil Coventry, Tutu those in Lagos the opportunity to attend a live link at the Nigeria Representative Sold for £1,208,750 Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi. There you will be able to share in +234 (0)81 1003 3792 the excitement of the auction and participate through the live [email protected] video and audio simulcast. Your bids will be relayed directly to the London saleroom by the auctioneer in Lagos. Prices shown include buyer’s premium. Details can be found at bonhams.com Contents 1. South Africa Lots 1 - 49 2. ‘Creative Currents of the Nile’ Lots 50 - 61 3. Mali, Cote D’Ivoire + Benin Lots 62 - 75 4. Ghana & Nigeria Lots 76 - 115 5. Central Africa Lots 116 - 128 6. East Africa Lots 129 - 135 1 * FRANS DAVID OERDER (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1867-1944) Exhibited Na die maal (After the Meal) Cape Town, South African National Gallery, 1896. signed ‘F D Oerder’ (upper left); bears fragmentary exhibition label (verso) Literature oil on canvas Prof. Alexander Duffey, Frans Oerder: Anglo-Boereoorlogtekeninge 140 x 85cm (55 1/8 x 33 7/16in). en Skilderye,(Pretoria, 2017) pp.48-49. £12,000 - 18,000 Following a visit to Zululand in 1898, Oerder painted a series of works US$16,000 - 23,000 that depict the life of indigenous peoples in KwaZulu-Natal. Na die maal €14,000 - 20,000 (After the meal) was one of the earliest to be executed. It depicts four African men around a three-legged pot with mielie meal porridge. The Provenance figure on the left in the white shirt looks down into the pot hopefully, The collection of Prof. Molengraaf, circa 1908-1920. whilst his seated companion tastes whether it is ready. The collection of Pieter Kruger, Mayor of Bethal. A private collection. 6 | BONHAMS 2 JACOB HENDRIK PIERNEEF (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1886-1957) This painting is to be sold with an accompanying letter written by Wilde Vye boom, near Louis Trichardt Pierneef in London on 12 April 1934. The letter is written in Afrikaans. oil on canvas Below is a transcription: 40.5 x 55cm (15 15/16 x 21 5/8in). Suid Afrika huis £40,000 - 60,000 Trafalgar Sqr US$52,000 - 78,000 €46,000 - 68,000 I hereby confirm and vouch that this painting ‘Wilde Vye boom’ was Provenance painted by me at the end of the Mashau at Louis Trichardt district.