Artists

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, Strauss & Co maintains a detailed database of every artist sold at auction since 2009. Whether it is painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, this searchable database lists by artist every lot offered and provides aggregated data useful to collectors. Famous South African artists like William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern are introduced with helpful biographies along with the best contemporary artists.



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William Kentridge

South African 1955- 


After studying Political Science at Wits in the late 1970s William Kentridge studied the art of mime in Paris in the early 1980s. He now continually combines these interests in his art. His phenomenal drawing skills were sharpened while studying at the Johannesburg Art Foundation and, in the numerous stop-frame video animations of the 1990s and the large-scale installations of the early twenty-first century, he dramatically renders the effects of colonialism on the oppressed. Regularly mounting major exhibitions and dramatic productions, locally and internationally, he is the recipient of numerous local and international awards and is the true embodiment of Contemporary African Art.

Image courtesy Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.


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968 lots offered      81.82% sold      ZAR 211 784 884
 

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William Kentridge; Panther
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 128 975
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Untitled, Masked Ball series
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 2 516 250
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Dutch Iris
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 693 150
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Marcus Aurelius
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 924 200
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; General
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 500 000
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William Kentridge; Hyacinths (Wait Once Again for Better People)
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 1 715 625
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Bushveld Tree
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 117 250
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Sleeper Black
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 400 000
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William Kentridge; A Universal Archive
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 128 975
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William Kentridge; Almost Don't Worry
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 180 000
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William Kentridge; Nose on a Horse Projection
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 50 000
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William Kentridge; Iris II (In Clamp)
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 554 520
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