CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co is proud to announce What the Fook? The Life and Work of Walter Battiss, the first-ever single-artist auction in South Africa devoted to South African artist Walter Battiss (1906–1982). This timed-online sale, which runs from 12 to 30 June 2025, honours Battiss by showcasing his core practice: painting, printmaking
Strauss & Co is thrilled to announce details of its extraordinary offerings from four major private collections due to be sold at its much-anticipated March 2019 auction in Cape Town. This sale will feature top-class paintings from The Shill Collection and The Late Sol Munitz Collection, as well as Cape furniture pieces from The Collection of Dr Johan Bolt and Orien- tal works of art from The Dr JR and Mary Strong Collection.
CAPE TOWN – Two giants of twentieth-century art, Andy Warhol and Irma Stern, lead the catalogue for Strauss & Co’s upcoming live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art, to be held on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 in Cape Town. The 71-lot sale brings together a compelling selection of established names and emerging voices, including high-value works by William Kentridge, Erik Laubscher and Alexis Preller, alongside two floral still lifes by in-demand painter Vladimir Tretchikoff.
– 23 new world records - 6 new South African records - Highest price ever achieved in South Africa for photography
Strauss & Co Shines Light on Printmaking Through a New Sale; ‘Making Impressions: Deborah Bell & David Krut, Collaboration in Print’
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce a weeklong public showcase of important artworks from its forthcoming Cape Town sale at Morkel House in Stellenbosch. This extraordinary display in one of South Africa’s oldest buildings runs from 4 to 8 March and will include museum-quality works by Irma Stern and Alexis Preller.
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce June ART, a Timed Online Auction, taking place from 6th to 17th June at 2 pm. June ART continues Strauss & Co’s commitment to making quality South African art accessible to collectors across price ranges, presenting a selection of modern and contemporary artworks.
Strauss & Co’s much-anticipated March sale in Cape Town contains a bounty of eleven lots by Irma Stern, South Africa’s most valuable artist at auction. The Stern offering includes three exceptional portraits from the painter’s highly prized Zanzibar period (1939–45), one of which is unrecorded in literature about this prolific artist.
Artworks unseen for over four decades come to market for the first time
Strauss & Co’s forthcoming live auction in Cape Town includes three Zanzibar-period paintings by Irma Stern, a major work by Alexis Preller, museum-quality Cape furniture and a selection of fine Chinese and Japanese pieces. Originating from four highly important single-owner collections, the works will be offered to the public at the Vineyard Hotel on Monday, 18 March 2019.
