Johannesburg Auction Week

6 – 8 November 2023

Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, announces Johannesburg Auction Week (6-8 November 2023), a series of curated auctions profiling leading modernist and contemporary artists. Moses Tladi, the first black artist to exhibit in the South African National Gallery, is represented by three rare landscapes. Bronzes by acclaimed mid-century sculptors Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo lead a strong presentation of influential Amadlozi Group artists, including Cecil Skotnes and Edoardo Villa. A standalone auction devoted to six South African print studios offers a deep-dive into William Kentridge’s fascinating career as a printmaker. Johannesburg Auction Week also includes fresh to market works, unseen for decades, by blue-chip modernists JH Pierneef and Alexis Preller, as well as a street scene by Gerard Sekoto from his sought after Eastwood Period (1945-47). Contemporary artists enjoying considerable institutional support who feature in this programme of auctions include Tracey Rose, Athi-Patra Ruga and Billie Zangewa.

LIVE VIRTUAL AUCTION

Defining Impressions: A Selection of Prints from South African Studios

Monday, 6 November 2023 at 7pm

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LIVE VIRTUAL AUCTION

Evening Sale:
Modern and Contemporary Art

Tuesday, 7 November 2023 at 7pm

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TIMED ONLINE AUCTION

Day Sale:
Modern and Contemporary Art

Closing Wednesday, 8 November 2023 from 2pm

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VIDEOS FROM THE PRINT STUDIOS

Defining Impressions: A Selection of Prints from South African Studios

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Defining Impressions: A Selection of Prints from South African Studios

Robert Hodgins | Little | R 120 000 – 150 000
William Kentridge | Hope in the Green Leaves | R 600 000 – 800 000
William Kentridge | Dutch Iris II | R 500 000 – 700 000
William Kentridge | Roses in Big Glass | R 250 000 – 350 000
Deborah Bell | She Wolf | R 150 000 – 200 000

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Hugo Naudé | Namakwaland |
R 180 000 – 240 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef | Die Kuile in die Pienaarsrivier by Roodeplaat | R 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Moses Tladi | Three Huts | R 80 000 – 120 000
William Kentridge | Shadow Figures I, II, III, IV (sold individually)
Alexis Preller | Still Life with Lilies and Shell | R 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
Alexis Preller | The Shells | R 800 000 – 1 200 000
Gerard Sekoto | Children at Play, Eastwood, Pretoria | R 2 800 000 – 3 200 000

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Day Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Walter Meyer | Trees, Camps Bay | R 45 000 – 55 000
Walter Meyer | Yacht With Swimmers Camps Bay | R 35 000 – 45 000
Angus Taylor | Woman with Umbrella and Suitcase (Expect the Unexpected) | R 200 000 – 300 000
David Goldblatt | Cells | R 180 000 – 240 000