First edition. 47 pages, 3 tipped-in colour plates, 27 black and white illustrations in the text, original brown cloth titled in green on the upper cover and spine - the cloth is faded around the edges, book sellers ticket on the front paste-down end paper, a very good copy in the slightly worn dust jacket, which is now preserved in a Brodart protector.
Signed on the front free end paper: met Komplimente, Johannes Meintjes. Des. 1944
Text in Afrikaans
Johannes Meintjes was born in 1923 in Riversdale, Cape Province. Meintjes was the son of a sheep farmer and spent his first five years on the family farm “Grootzeekoegat” in the Molteno district. After the death of his father in 1928, the family moved to Riversdale, where he became friendly with JEA Volschenk. He already loved to draw and paint from childhood. In 1938 the family moved to Cape Town, and he became serious with his art studies. In 1940 he attended an art exhibition by Maggie Laubser’s work, and that evoked his ardent admiration. He wrote a letter to Laubser and a close friendship developed. At the age of 21 he published thid book on Maggie Laubser.
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- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4to ( 330 x 250 mm)
