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Timed Online Auction, 21 January - 11 February 2026
Session One
About the SessionStrauss & Co is pleased to offer art books from prominent private collectors’ libraries in Johannesburg. Rare books by such artists as Irma Stern (Zanzibar (1943) and Congo (1947) form part of the sale. Also, the very first monographs on such artists as Maggie Laubser (1944) and JH Pierneef (1945). Every book published on these artists, as well as on others such as Walter Battiss, Norman Catherine, Alexis Preller, and Maud Sumner form part of this highly select library collection. In addition, a second art library contains a rare collection of books on British sculptor, Henry Moore covering his sculptures, drawings and prints on offer. The third library on sale features some sought after monographs of the art of William Kentridge.
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(2) Justin Fox, The Life and Work of Francois Krige (2000) Fernwood Press: Vlaberg, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(3) Cyril Coetzee, Harold Voigt: The Poetry of Sight (2006) Gallery Press in Association with Everard Read Gallery: Johannesburg, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(4) Johan van Rooyen, Maggie Laubser (1974) C. Struik Publishers: Cape Town, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(5) Nirox Sculpture Park, Edoardo Villa: Changing Worlds (2009) Everard Read Gallery: Johannesburg, soft cover, catalogue of exhibition at the Nirox Sculpture Park, 10 March - 4 May 2008, illustrated in colour.
(6) J. du P. Scholtz, Moses Kottler: His Cape Years (1976) Tfelberg Publishers Limited: Cape Town, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(7) Dieter Bertram, Cecil Higgs: Close Up, a Biography by D. R. Bertram (1994) William Waterman Publications, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(8) D. M. Joubert, The Art of Zakkie Eloff (1992) Vlaberg Publishers: Cape Town, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(9) A. Gordon-Brown, Christopher Webb Smith: An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839 (1965) Howard Timmins: Cape Town, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
(10) E. J. de Jager, Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists (1992) Fort Hare University Press: Alice, hard cover with dust jacket, illustrated in colour.
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