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Record price for Stern painting

On Monday night, Irma Stern's Still Life with Gladioli and Fruit sold for R7.57-million at a Strauss & Co auction in Johannesburg.


Irma Stern
Still Life with Gladioli and Fruit

It is a world record for a Stern still life, and the highest price for any South African still life sold on auction. The work was bought by an anonymous South African buyer.

 

Strauss & Co sold works to the value of R40.4-million. Three other Sterns sold for between R3.9-million and R6.1-million. Alexis Preller's Flower King went for R2.9-million, and R2-million was paid for a panel by Cecil Skotnes.
 

Published by The Times


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