Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022

South African Art at the Venice Biennale
About the Session

This Venice Biennale-themed session in Strauss & Co's April online-only auction is timed to coincide with the launch of the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale in late April, and Strauss & Co’s sponsorship of the African Art in Venice Forum 2022 at Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal on 20 and 21 April. This session divulges the history of the Venice Biennale and South African art, as the art world converges on Venice. South Africa first became part of the Venice Biennale more than seventy years ago. The cordial relationship between Italy and South Africa over this period has nurtured international support for artists and art organisations in this country and continues to develop today.

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  • Irma Stern; From the Visions Portfolio (The Ball)
  • Irma Stern; From the Visions Portfolio (The Ball)
  • Irma Stern; From the Visions Portfolio (The Ball)
  • Irma Stern; From the Visions Portfolio (The Ball)
  • Irma Stern; From the Visions Portfolio (The Ball)
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Irma Stern
South African 1894-1966
From the Visions Portfolio (The Ball)

signed in pencil, dated 1920 in the margin, and with the artist’s initials in the image

stone lithograph on paper
30,5 by 23cm excluding frame; 77 by 69 by 2,5cm including frame

Notes

From Visionen (Visions), a series of twelve lithographic prints inspired by the novels of Dostoevsky, edition of 40 but unnumbered, publication details on the original outer cardboard folder read Visionen Zehn Steinzeichnungen von Irma Stern, Hesperiden Verlag Berlin, 1920.

Irma Stern exhibited at the Venice Biennale, South African Pavilion in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1958.

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