Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1910 - d. 1959

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  • Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz; South African 1910-1959; Tama Morena
    Mar. 28, 2023

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz; South African 1910-1959; Tama Morena

    Est: R250,000 - R300,000

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz South African 1910-1959 Tama Morena 1950 signed bronze, on a wooden base height: 89cm excluding base; height: 98cm including base; width: 23cm; depth: 25cm

    Strauss & Co
  • Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz; South African 1910-1959; Khoisan Head
    May. 11, 2020

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz; South African 1910-1959; Khoisan Head

    Est: R50,000 - R70,000

    bronze with a black patina, mounted on a wooden base; height: 20,5cm including base; base 5cm

    Strauss & Co
  • Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) HEAD OF A HOTTENTOT b
    Mar. 28, 2017

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) HEAD OF A HOTTENTOT b

    Est: R100,000 - R150,000

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) HEAD OF A HOTTENTOT bronze Described in the MA dissertation of E.M. du Toit Die Werke van Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz height: 35,5cm (excluding base) Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz was born in 1910 in Brandfort in the Free State. As a young boy he studied under the German artist Fritz Hickman. In 1928 he started to study Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand and took sculpture lessons at the Johannesburg Technical College. In July 1934 Hendrikz took part in his first exhibition at the Cooling Gallery in London. After his return to South Africa he got married and started practising as a full time sculptor in Johannesburg. In 1935 he was given his first commission which was the panels for the Red Cross House in Johannesburg. In 1937 he became a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1940 Hendrikz joined the South African forces in North Africa during the Second World War and was responsible for the implementation of camouflage during the war. After the war he returned to South Africa and continued a career as a full time sculptor.During his lifetime Hendrikz was highlighted by art critics as South Africa’s next great sculptor but due to circumstances like the Second World War and poor health Hendrikz did not create a large amount of work. He died in 1959 in Plettenberg Bay at the age of 49.In 1947 Hendrikz was given a commission by Prof Raymond Dart, a famous anatomist and anthropologist, to create sculptural heads of a Khoi San (Bushman), a Khoikhoi (Hottentot), a Pondo, a Swazi, a Shangaan, a Mashona and a Zulu, seven in total for the Anatomy museum at Wits. It is unknown if the museum ever bought a copy but in 1948 Dr G Büchner, on whose farm Hendrikz had his studio, bought the set. They were installed in arches next to his swimming pool. During the years the heads was exhibited by Hendrikz at various exhibitions in South Africa and Europe.As with most of Hendrikz’s works the heads were only cast once or twice and are exceedingly rare with only the Zulu head being known to be in a public collection, that of the University of Pretoria. CDKReference:• Erica Marie du Toit, November 1976, Die Lewe en Werk van W de S Hendrikz, University of Pretoria, Dissertation.

    Stephan Welz & Co
  • Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) HEAD OF A PONDO bronz
    Mar. 28, 2017

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) HEAD OF A PONDO bronz

    Est: R100,000 - R150,000

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) HEAD OF A PONDO bronze Described in the MA dissertation of E.M. du Toit Die Werke van Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz height: 36cm (excluding base) Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz was born in 1910 in Brandfort in the Free State. As a young boy he studied under the German artist Fritz Hickman. In 1928 he started to study Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand and took sculpture lessons at the Johannesburg Technical College. In July 1934 Hendrikz took part in his first exhibition at the Cooling Gallery in London. After his return to South Africa he got married and started practising as a full time sculptor in Johannesburg. In 1935 he was given his first commission which was the panels for the Red Cross House in Johannesburg. In 1937 he became a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1940 Hendrikz joined the South African forces in North Africa during the Second World War and was responsible for the implementation of camouflage during the war. After the war he returned to South Africa and continued a career as a full time sculptor.During his lifetime Hendrikz was highlighted by art critics as South Africa’s next great sculptor but due to circumstances like the Second World War and poor health Hendrikz did not create a large amount of work. He died in 1959 in Plettenberg Bay at the age of 49.In 1947 Hendrikz was given a commission by Prof Raymond Dart, a famous anatomist and anthropologist, to create sculptural heads of a Khoi San (Bushman), a Khoikhoi (Hottentot), a Pondo, a Swazi, a Shangaan, a Mashona and a Zulu, seven in total for the Anatomy museum at Wits. It is unknown if the museum ever bought a copy but in 1948 Dr G Büchner, on whose farm Hendrikz had his studio, bought the set. They were installed in arches next to his swimming pool. During the years the heads was exhibited by Hendrikz at various exhibitions in South Africa and Europe.As with most of Hendrikz’s works the heads were only cast once or twice and are exceedingly rare with only the Zulu head being known to be in a public collection, that of the University of Pretoria. CDKReference:• Erica Marie du Toit, November 1976, Die Lewe en Werk van W de S Hendrikz, University of Pretoria, Dissertation.

    Stephan Welz & Co
  • Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African
    Aug. 07, 2012

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African

    Est: R12,000 - R18,000

    Willem de Sanderes Hendrikz (South African 1910-1959) TWO HEADS signed with the artist's initials and numbered 2/3 bronze with a green patina height: 36cm * Condition report available ILLUSTRATED

    Stephan Welz & Co
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