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Top Ten Lots, 16 October 2017

16 Oct 2017

Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

The sale total was R 65 412 721 with a combined sell through rate of 79.5% by lot value.

William Kentridge Sobriety Lot 633

William Kentridge
Drawing for ‘Sobriety, Obesity, and Growing Old’
signed and dated 91, charcoal and pastel on paper
sheet size: 120 by 150cm

Sold R4 092 480
Maggie Laubser Lot 584

Maggie Laubser
The Old Shepherd
signed with the artist’s initials,
oil on canvas, 55 by 49,5cm

Sold R3 183 040
John Meyer Lot 629

John Meyer
Odysseus
signed and inscribed with the title on the reverse
mixed media on canvas, 140 by 210cm

Sold R3 069 360
Alexis Preller Homage Lot 590

Alexis Preller
Homage to Hieronymus Bosch signed and dated ’48
oil on canvas, 40 by 50cm

Sold R2 842 000
Alexis Preller Christ Head Lot 581

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef
Hardekoolboom in a Bushveld Landscape
signed and dated 1944
53 by 64cm

Sold R2 273 600
Alexis Preller Christ Head Lot 587

Alexis Preller
Christ Head
signed and dated ’47 oil on panel 28,5 by 22cm

Sold R2 273 600
lrma Stern Black lillies Lot 595

Irma Stern
Black Lilies
signed and dated 1941
oil on canvas

Sold R2 273 600
Alexis Preller Erik Lot 612

Erik Laubscher
Still Life with Iron and Fruit
signed and dated 50
oil on canvas, 70,5 by 88,5cm

Sold R2 046 240
Alexis Preller Undeciphered Lot 626

Alexis Preller
Undeciphered Computerised Message I (or II)
signed and dated ’75 oil and sand on canvas 49,5 by 39,5cm

Sold R1 932 560
The Poet Prince Lot 589

Alexis Preller
The Poet Prince
signed and dated ’75 oil and sand on canvas 49,5 by 39cm

Sold R1 818 880

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