November Online Part II

Online-Only Auction, 22 - 29 November 2021

Guest Curator: Sam Nhlengethwa
About the Session

Strauss & Co is pleased to present the guest curator for our November Online Auction, artist Sam Nhlengethwa.

Born in the mining community of Payneville, Springs, south-east of Johannesburg and after studying at the Rorke’s Drift Art Centre in the late 1970s, attended the Johannesburg Art Foundation, established by Bill Ainslie. He taught part-time at FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists) in Johannesburg and came to national prominence in 1993 with the exhibition Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, which was put on at the Market Gallery in Johannesburg and the KZNSA Gallery in Durban. Nhlengethwa received the Standard Bank Young Artist Award in 1994 and his award show Homage to Jazz travelled the country over the following year.

Nhlengethwa is best known for his figurative paintings and collage works exploring themes of social and art history, jazz, mining and domestic life, as well as his iconic Goat lithographs and the series of Tributes to other artists printed at The Artists’ Press in White River. His current figurative style post-dates a series of large, bold abstract works following his participation in the Thupelo workshops, founded in 1985 by artists David Koloane and Bill Ainslie. The annual, two-week workshop programme is associated with a flourishing of modernist abstraction among urban black artists.

Nhlengethwa’s work was included in the important exhibition Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa at the Whitechapel Gallery in London in 1995, the 12th International Cairo Biennale in 2010, and (Re)constructions: Contemporary Art from South Africa in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. The artist was a founding member, with Pat Mautloa and David Koloane, of the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in Newtown in 1991.


Sold for

ZAR 21 105
Lot 291
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three
  • Claudette Schreuders; Three Sisters I, II, III, three


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 21 105

About this Item

South African 1973-
Three Sisters I, II, III, three
2005

each signed, numbered 28/45, inscribed with the title and embossed with The Artists' Press chopmark in the margin

five colour lithograph; five colour lithograph; six colour lithograph
each sheet size: 66 by 41cm, unframed

Notes

The works were exhibited in the Eleven Voices exhibition at the Deering Estates National Park, Miami, in 2016. Referencing the eleven official languages of South Africa, Eleven Voices aimed to incite a conversation about cultural struggle, memory and identity among contemporary artists. Curators Kim Yantis, of the Deering Estate, and Rosie Gordon-Wallace, founder and curator of Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, selected works by emerging and renowned South African artists, including Nicolas Hlobo, Anton Kannemeyer and Judith Mason in addition to Claudette Schreuders, that reflect thematic inspirations from South African art and culture.

Exhibited

Deering Estates National Park, Miami, Eleven Voices, 8 October to 26 November 2016, another impression from the edition exhibited.

Literature

Heather Sealy Lineberry (ed) (2004) The Long Day: Sculptures by Claudette Schreuders, Tempe: Arizona State University Art Museum, the original carved and painted jacaranda wood sculptures depicted in these three lithographs are illustrated in colour on the cover of the catalogue.

Rory Bester, Faye Hirsch and Antjie Krog (2011) Claudette Schreuders, London: Presetel, the original carved and painted jacaranda wood sculptures depicted in these three lithographs are illustrated in colour on page 146.

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