San Rock Art by Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, gouache over pencil on paper, sold May 2025

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San Rock Art

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886–1957)

£8,000 hammer

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Medium: Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “gouache over pencil on paper”
Support: Paper
Signed / inscribed: Signed and dated J
Category: Watercolors
Dimensions: 45 x 63cm
Auction house: Olympia Auctions
Sale: Modern & Contemporary African & Middle Eastern Art (167)
Date: May 7, 2025
Location: London, United Kingdom
Lot: 31
Estimate: —
Source: Auction house olympiaauctions.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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