7 Boerneef-verse - Piet Grobler en The Caversham Press
Very Scarce Number 32 of 100. Hand numbered, dated and signed by the renowned author, artist and illustrator, Piet Grobler.
Piet Grobler (*26 September 1959, Settlers –) is ’n bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse skrywer, kunstenaar en illustreerder.
7 Boerneef-verse - Piet Grobler en The Caversham Press
7 Boerneef-verse uit Ghaap en Kambro, Tafelberg 1959 na die siklus getoonset deur Prof. Pieter de Villiers.
Medium: Fabriano paper
Pages: 210mm
Technique: Screenprint
Inscription: Signed, numbered and dated by the artist
Edition: 32/100
Type: Accordion fold
Place publication: Balgowan, RSA
Publisher: The Caversham Press
Additional notes:
Made for the Note and Song exhibition at The Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (now Makhanda) in 1998.
Reference note:
4 fold leporello fold glued onto front card cover board
Exhibition notes:
Masabelaneni: The Book Arts Archive of The Caversham Press and Centre for Artists and Writers, JGCBA, Johannesburg. 5 September – 14 December 2023.
Condition: The leporello is overall in a very good condition. The pages are clean, clear and beautiful. The cover appear slightly dusty/tanned, especially on the spine section. - see attached pictures.
"Ek pak studio reg en ontdek ‘n konsertinaboek met syraamdrukke wat ek in 1997 gemaak het by The Caversham Press in die Midland Meander in Natal. Hierdie wonderlike print studio van Malcolm Christian en sy familie sluit nou. Wat ‘n besondere plek was dit nie! Die leporello bevat 7 Boerneefverse wat deur Prof Pieter de Villiers getoonset is. Nou mis ek Suid Afrika ook sommer baie!" Piet Grobler
"While tidying my studio, I discovered a little concertina book with screen-print illustrations that I made in 1997 at The Caversham Press, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. This wonderful studio that Malcom Christian and his family ran for many years, is closing down now. What a wonderful place it was! The concertina book contains seven short poems by the Afrikaans poet, Boerneef. Prof Pieter de Villiers put the cycle to music and it became very popular and well-known in the South African choir repertoire. I miss home …" Piet Grobler
Piet Grobler (*26 September 1959, Settlers –) is ’n bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse skrywer, kunstenaar en illustreerder. Grobler ontvang verskeie nasionale en internasionale toekennings vir sy werk. Hy het reeds meer as sewentig boeke geïllustreer, onder meer:
Moenie ’n mielie kielie nie, Karnaval van die diere, Kat se blad, Beware of the canary (Philip de Vos)
Olinosters op die dak (Marita van der Vyver)
Liewe Heksie (Verna Vels)
Die Spree met Foete (Annie M. G. Schmidt).
Hy is ook die skrywer en illustreerder van die internasionaal bekroonde “Net een slukkie, Padda!”
