Strauss & Co, Africa’s main public sale home, proclaims Johannesburg Public sale Week (6-8 November 2023), a sequence of curated auctions bringing collectively works by modernist pioneers and up to date innovators.
Among the many many highlights are three uncommon landscapes by Moses Tladi, (the primary black artist to exhibit within the South African Nationwide Gallery) plus, intensive artist focuses on William Kentridge and J.H. Pierneef and an vital textile work from 2008 by Billie Zangewa.
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART – EVENING SALE
Notable items:Youngsters at Play, Eastwood, Pretoria – Gerard Sekoto (estimate R2.8 – 3.2 million / $148 700 – 169 950)1960 gouache by Peter Clarke depicting a black aggressive bike owner (estimate R300 000 – 400 000 – $15 930 – 21 245).Rocky Outcrop – Moses Tladi. (estimate R100 000 – 150 000/ $5 367 – 8 051).Rustenburg Kloof – JH Pierneef (estimate R3 – 4 million / $159 430 – 265 717).
Strauss & Co presents collectors with fresh-to-market work, many unseen in a long time, by Maggie Laubser, Alexis Preller, Irma Stern and Gerard Sekoto. Bronzes by acclaimed mid-century sculptors Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo lead a robust presentation of influential Amadlozi Group artists, together with works by Cecil Skotnes and Edoardo Villa. 5 sought-after Kentridge bronzes, 4 of them derived from his 2016 sequence Shadow Determine, lead an outstanding presentation of latest artwork by Marlene Dumas, Georgina Gratrix and Athi-Patra Ruga.
“Johannesburg Public sale Week affords fabulous selection, from uncommon modernist oils and bronzes to up to date prints, work and textiles by artists with important museum and institutional curiosity,” says Dr. Alastair Meredith, Head of Sale, Strauss & Co.Moses Tladi was one of many earliest black panorama painters working in a western custom, and was additionally the primary black artist to formally exhibit an image within the Iziko South African Nationwide Gallery in 1931. In a sale with a robust part of modernist landscapes by established figures like Gwelo Goodman, Maggie Laubser, J.H. Pierneef and Pieter Wenning, it’s improbable to open our marquee summer season sale with a trio of exemplary footage by the enigmatic and for too lengthy missed painter Moses Tladi. His work is crucial within the story of panorama portray in South Africa. Scenes of pure splendour additionally compelled Gerard Bhengu, who’s represented within the sale by an excellent watercolour.“Strauss & Co has performed an vital position in sustaining benchmark costs for J.H. Pierneef. For Johannesburg Public sale Week, we’ve gathered one of many best displays of Pierneef landscapes to look at market in recent times. The consignment is led by a monumental portrayal of Rustenburg Kloof (estimate R3 – 4 million / $159 430 – 265 717), a permanent Pierneef topic.
Date and Hyperlink: 7 November at 7pm
DEFINING IMPRESSIONS: A SELECTION OF PRINTS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN STUDIOS
Notable items:Carlton Centre Video games Arcade – William Kentridge (estimate R50 000 – 70 0000 – $ 2 657 – 3 720).Iris II (In Clamp) – William Kentridge (estimate R750 000 – 850 000 / $ 39 858 – 45 172).Hope within the Inexperienced Leaves – William Kentridge (estimate R600 000 – 800 000 / $ 31 886 – 42 515).
Johannesburg Public sale Week commences on Monday, 6 November 2023 with Defining Impressions: A Collection of Prints from South African Studios. The 80 tons on provide are mainly linked to 6 studios: The Artists’ Press, Artist Proof Studio, The Caversham Press, David Krut Workshop, Legate Lithography Editions (LL Editions) and Jillian Ross Print. Alongside prints by Willem Boshoff, Phillemon Hlungwani, Robert Hodgins, Themba Khumalo, Blessing Ngobeni, Nelson Makamo, Woman Skollie and Diane Victor, there’s a substantial presentation of works on paper by William Kentridge.
An revolutionary and prolific print-maker, William Kentridge has proven an loyal dedication to print for the reason that mid-Seventies. Strauss & Co is honoured to current three uncommon etchings from his 1978 sequence Carlton Centre Video games Arcade (estimate R50 000 – 70 0000 / $ 2 657 – 3 720) in a single lot. The small prints have been executed by Kentridge at his mentor Invoice Ainslie’s studio in Saxonwold, Johannesburg. Essential Kentridge prints on provide on this sale embody Iris II (In Clamp) from 2005 (estimate R750 000 – 850 000 / $ 39 858 – 45 172) and the 2013 linocut Hope within the Inexperienced Leaves (estimate R600 000 – 800 000 / $ 31 886 – 42 515).
Date and Hyperlink: Monday 6 November at 7pm
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART – DAY SALE
Notable items:Victoria Cobokana with Her Youngsters – David Goldblatt (estimate R200 000 – 300 000/ $ 10 734 – 16 101).Panorama with Cliffs – Moses Tladi. (estimate R8 000 – 12 000/ $429 – 644)
Johannesburg Public sale Week concludes on Wednesday, 8 November 2023 with the Day Sale of Trendy and Modern Artwork – a timed-online sale of 82 tons. Highlights embody a mixed-media collage by Blessing Ngobeni and vital pictures by David Goldblatt and Tracey Rose. The sale extends on the panorama theme of the previous Night Sale. There’s a pencil drawing by Moses Tladi and work by, amongst others, Gregoire Boonzaier, Pranas Domsaitis, Judith Mason, Erich Mayer, Walter Meyer, Clive van den Berg, J.E.A. Volschenk and Pieter Wenning.
Date and Hyperlink. 8 November – Timed On-line sale commencing at 2pm
For more information: www.straussart.co.za
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