KRUGER MILLIONS: Paul Kruger statue sells for R10.46-million

The price for the bronze by renowned South African sculptor Anton van Wouw smashed world records for works by the artist and the price for any South African sculpture. The work is the maquette of the famous statue of Paul Kruger that stands at the centre of Church Square in Pretoria today. The sculpture features the Boer president in top hat, presidential sash and trademark beard.

Meredith says the plaster of paris cast was acquired by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer in the years after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Oppenheimer had a bronze cast in the Nisini foundry in Rome, to meet Van Wouw’s exacting standards. It became part of Oppenheimer’s private collection and was only brought out again for public display at Kruger’s funeral in 1904. Kruger’s body was repatriated from Switzerland where he had been in self-imposed exile.

Currie says it is a little sad to let the Kruger statue go, but he says it was a move that made financial and managerial sense for the club.The Kruger statue did have a long association with the club, but we knew that it was a piece that was worth quite a bit, so it was a good decision to auction off this one piece instead of lots of smaller pieces.

In Kruger’s place there’s a bust of Chief Albert Luthuli. This was a piece that was part of later acquisitions that now also include the giant John Meyer portrait of Nelson Mandela that has a prominent location above the grand central staircase in the club. Madiba was a member of the Rand Club.

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