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Rhona Stern

South African 1914-1998 


Sculptor and writer, Rhona Stern, was born in Johannesburg in 1914. While she initially enrolled in architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand, she abandoned her degree after marriage. Stern took up sculpture and writing, publishing two novels in 1964 and 1969. However, she was forced to stop writing when the South African authorities deemed her works to be too subversive and placed them under embargo. Stern, initially influenced by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, continued with her sculpting and participated in several exhibitions. Her works are held in the collections of the Hester Rupert Art Gallery, Graaff-Reinet, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Pretoria Art Museum, and the Witwatersrand Art Museum, Johannesburg. Stern, who practiced the lost-wax technique of bronze casting, was also a part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria. She died in 1998 at her house on Jellicoe Avenue in Johannesburg, where she had been living for 50 years.

Image source: https://art-archives-southafrica.com/lib/cceaba/RhonaSTERN-archives-kgw9qsd0.pdf with the caption 'Rhona Stern – illustrated in ARTLOOK 36, Johannesburg (November, 1969) p30 with some works from her soloshow at the Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, 1969'


15 lots offered      93.33% sold      ZAR 347 010
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Rhona Stern; Vulture
11 Nov 2024
Sold for ZAR 82 075
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Falcon
10 Jun 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Female figure
14 Aug 2023
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Head of a Man
5 Jul 2023
Sold for ZAR 64 488
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Portrait of a Woman
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 11 139
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Falcon
11 Apr 2023
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Rhona Stern; Nude Form
11 Apr 2023
Sold for ZAR 23 450
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; IsiZulu Drummer
11 Apr 2023
Sold for ZAR 6 449
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Female Figure
13 Mar 2023
Sold for ZAR 15 243
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Bird Grooming
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; IsiZulu Drummer
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Rhona Stern; Nude Form
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 35 175
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.