Press Office
2010 Archive
- Dec 01. Chairman's Review 2010
- Dec 01. Voorsitters Oorsig
- Nov 12. A sparkling array
- Nov 01. Art market grabs investor's imagination and opens pockets at Strauss & Co Auction
- Oct 19. Millions for South African Paintings
- Oct 18. Strauss & Co set a new record for South African art
- Oct 11. New record for South African art
- Sep 23. Top South African Paintings at Strauss & Co's October Auction
- Aug 31. Pierneef attracts wide interest
- Aug 30. Ruth First and Lilian Ngoyi Celebrated in Artwork at Auction
- Aug 03. Jewellery Week at Strauss & Co
- Jul 23. Another Irma Stern Still Life Poised to Break Auction Records
- Jul 23. Valuation Day at The Marine, Hermanus
- Jun 26. Stanley Pinker's, The Wheel of Life, 1974, to be offered for sale in Cape Town on 11 October 2010
- Jun 25. Forthcoming Cape Town Auction
- May 30. Rhodes statue led Welz to success
- May 25. Four South African Still Lifes sell for R22 million
- May 18. Auction of Important South African, British and Continental Paintings and Sculpture
- May 10. Maud Sumner – "a sound investment"
- May 03. Important work by Deborah Bell on auction at Strauss & Co, Johannesburg, 24 May 2010
- May 02. Artists with a passion for Africa
- Mar 25. Irma Stern - Still Life with Dahlias and Fruit
- Mar 16. "Bad News" proves to be good news
- Feb 08. Anton Van Wouw - Bad News
- Feb 08. Jane Alexander - Racework
- Feb 01. Edith Dodo Estate Collection
"Bad News" proves to be good news
March 16, 2010 [ Archived ]
Top South African art continues to boom
Cape Town: Strauss & Co, South Africa's leading auction house, last night once again proved the strong demand for premier South African art works setting another six significant new auction records.
- Anton van Wouw: R2 228 000
- Bad News (Slegte Nuus)
- signed and inscribed ‘SA Joh-burg 1907’ and ‘FOUNDRY G. MASSA. ROMA’
- bronze, good brown patination
- height: 32,5cm
- Record for Anton van Wouw
- Record for a South African Sculpture
- Walter Battiss: R1 336 800
- Bathers
- signed, oil on canvas, 60 by 101
- Record for Walter Battiss
- Stanley Pinker: R946 900
- Night
- signed, inscribed on the reverse with the title, artist’s name and address, oil on canvas,
- 151 by 92cm
- Record for Stanley Pinker
- Cecil Skotnes: R1 225 400
- African still-life
- signed, carved, painted and incised wood panel, 121,5 by 124cm
- Record for Cecil Skotnes
- Jane Alexander: R1 058 300
- Racework – in the event of an earthquake
- signed with artist’s initials and dated 99, fibreglass, acrylic paint, synthetic clay, found objects, cotton velvet, synthetic hair, clothing
- Record for Jane Alexander
The sale totalled just over R33 million. Over 300 people attended the auction, reflecting the interest shown in this major fine art auction.
