Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its first sale of 2021, due to be held online from 15 to 22 February. Highlights from the art department include a remarkable 1949 drawing of Walter Battiss meeting Pablo Picasso, a delightful 2002 balloon sculpture by Jeff Koons and an early figure drawing by Nelson Makamo.
The catalogue for Strauss & Co’s forthcoming three-day live sale of fine wine and modern, post-war and contemporary art bears testimony to the role of passion, research, discernment and time in collecting. The sale commences on Sunday, 16 May with a session devoted to a single-owner collection of fine wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne. Over the following two days Strauss & Co will be offering paintings acquired by the late entrepreneur Toy Mostert, three sculptures from the Afrox Corporate Art Collection and two pieces formerly owned by art historian Esmé Berman.
The historical town of Stellenbosch, which features some of the finest examples of Cape Dutch architecture, boasts a winemaking tradition which stretches back to the end of the 17th-century.
The excellent results achieved by Strauss & Co from the virtual live sale of the Professor Leo Strydom and the David Hall collections, once again demonstrated the company’s mastery in handling the sale of single-owner collections.
Strauss & Co’s decorative arts department is delighted to announce details of its catalogue for the company’s forthcoming live virtual auction on Monday 10 October 2021, including a standalone session of period-defining modern and contemporary furniture.
Strauss & Co is delighted to offer a special standalone auction of 43 lots of artworks from the collection of Bloemfontein academic and art-lover Jan K Coetzee on Tuesday 9 November at 7pm.
Collectors from more than a dozen countries participated in Johannesburg Auction Week, Strauss & Co’s innovative programme of live virtual sales featuring outstanding examples of South African art and wine.
Figuration is a powerful conceptual thread linking historical, traditional, modernist, and contemporary art in Africa.
Strauss & Co, Africa’s Leading Art Auction House announces joint initiative with the Art Business Conference African Art Business News Digest to provide regular aggregated information Free Subscription Cape Town/London – A new fortnightly African Art Business News Digest launches this week. Each edition will share selected top, recent stories as they relate to the
JOHANNESBURG – Strauss & Co and Circle Art Agency are pleased to announce a call for consignments for the second edition of Art Auction East Africa | Strauss & Co, the dedicated sale of rare and important art from East Africa, the Indian Ocean region and beyond. The inaugural 2025 edition included work by artists from Egypt, Sudan and Zimbabwe,
