Eastern Cape Echoes: Selected Works from Tsitsikamma to Lusikisiki, July ART, Johannesburg spotlight sale & more

"Kloof Stream" by South African artist Edith King (1871–1962).

Strauss & Co is pleased to present ‘Eastern Cape Echoes: Selected Works from Tsitsikamma to Lusikisiki’, a sale that brings together a selection of artworks by artists who either originate from, live in, or draw inspiration from the Eastern Cape — a region where storytelling takes root in fertile ground. Included in the Timed Online

Archived: Important works by visionary collectors on offer at Strauss & Co 2019 October sale

A magisterial floral still life by Irma Stern, South Africa’s foremost painter, is the highlight of Strauss & Co’s bountiful crop of offerings at its forthcoming spring sale in Cape Town on 15 October. Painted in 1947, Dahlias (estimate R8 – 12 million) is a peak-period Stern depicting a favoured flower and additionally claims an impeccable provenance.

Archived: From Pierneef to Kentridge: landscapes ground Strauss & Co 2019 October sale

The landscape genre is a key part of the story of South African art and remains a highly sought-after collectable at auction. More than half of the twelve most valuable artists sold at auction by Strauss & Co since 2009 worked with landscape, including Walter Battiss, Maggie Laubser, Hugo Naudé and Cecil Skotnes, but none were as faithful to this country’s geographical abundance as JH Pierneef.

Archived: Important Namibian paintings from The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection poised to go under the hammer in South Africa

Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading auction house, is honoured to present 20 works in various media from the Namibia-based collection of the Late Peter and Regina Strack. The sale, which includes three rare Adolph Jentsch oils and a major Fritz Krampe oil, will be offered in a dedicated segment at the auction house’s forthcoming sale in Cape Town on 15 October.

South African Design: Past & Present – A Journey Through Materials and Memory

Strauss & Co is pleased to present ‘South African Design: Past & Present’, a sale tracing the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression. The Timed Online Auction, closing on Wednesday, July 9th, highlights diverse design objects through two sessions: ‘Cape Interiors: Furniture, Metalware, Silver & Glass’ and ‘Interior Elements: Wood, Metal,

Archived: Unstinting connoisseurship: Important collections form the bedrock of Strauss & Co 2019 Spring sale

A commanding selection of works from single-owner collections, including a museum-quality Irma Stern still life, Namibian landscapes by Adolph Jentsch and an important Japanese satsuma vase, are some of the highlights from Strauss & Co’s forthcoming Spring sale. The sale, which also includes a late-period landscape by JH Pierneef from 1945 and two striking portraits by Maggie Laubser from the 1920s, will be held in Cape Town on 15 October at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town.