Curatorial Voices: JH Pierneef’s Church Street, Tulbagh

Strauss & Co is delighted to announce details for Curatorial Voices: African Landscapes, Past and Present, the second instalment of its annual live-virtual auction showcasing collectable art from the African continent. Scheduled to coincide with the 2024 edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (16-18 February 2024), this themed auction will be held on Monday 19 February in Strauss & Co’s newly renovated exhibition room at Brickfield Canvas, Woodstock, Cape Town.
Painted in 1929, when the artist was at the height of his public acclaim, JH Pierneef’s Church Street, Tulbagh (estimate R1.5 - 2.5 million) shows a gravel roadway flanked by whitewashed buildings. Many of the buildings in Pierneef’s tour de force of architectural observation were destroyed in a 1969 earthquake that ravaged the historical colony settlement of Tulbagh. Fortunately, the building on the right, previously named de Wet Huis and now Monbijou still stands.