Press Office
2011 Archive
- Dec 01. Chairman's Report 2011
- Dec 01. Art and Glass Sparkle at Strauss & Cos Cape Town Auction in February
- Nov 07. South African art records continue to be broken
- Oct 15. Gerard Sekoto at the Pinnacle of his Career
- Oct 14. Will tallest Sithole break new auction records?
- Sep 26. Strauss continues to set new South African art records
- Aug 29. Stunning Stern comes to the market
- Aug 23. Stunning Stern leads the field at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in September
- Jul 21. Over R718 000 raised for art bursaries at Michaelis
- Jul 05. ALUMNI AND STAFF EXHIBITION and AUCTION Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
- May 20. Greater Strength and Variety in the Art Market
- Apr 14. Good Value in Quality Art at Strauss & Co
- Apr 13. Pieter Wenning, an underrated artist
- Apr 01. Flower name raises over half a million
- Mar 16. Art beats JSE Index
- Mar 08. An expensive cup of coffee
- Feb 03. Two Early Cape Paintings
- Jan 28. Two milestones in South African Art back under the hammer
- Jan 21. Collectors spoilt for choice at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in March
Preller se baaiendes behaal miljoen
September 28, 2011 [ Archived ]
'n Olieverfskildery van Alexis Preller in 1936 van vier naakte jonkmans wat baai, het Maandag in Nuweland, Kaapstad, net meer as R1 miljoen gehaal toe dit op Strauss en Kie. se lenteveiling van kuns en oudhede onder die hamer gekom het.
Die bedrag van R1 058 300 vir Boys Bathing, olieverf op doek, 69,5 cm x 84,5 cm, is in dieselfde prysklas as twee van sy ander skilderye wat in Junie vanjaar op ’n Strauss-veiling in Johannesburg opgeveil is. Toe het sy Primavera, wat hy in 1956 in olieverf op doek geskilder het, en Stillewe met eiers, wat hy in 1948 geskilder het, onderskeidelik R2 116 600 en R1 114 000 behaal.
Preller was maar 25 jaar oud toe hy Boys Bathing in 1936 geskilder het. Hy was bevriend met Christi Truter, ’n balletdanser wie se mooi, jong liggaamsbou Preller gefassineer het. Ook was daar ’n emosionele en kunssinnige empatie wat die twee mans gedeel het. Truter het as model vir Preller geposeer, en dit is hy wat in Bathing Boys in verskillende poseringsposisies uitgebeeld word.
