Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its first-ever dedicated contemporary art sale, due to be held on 17 February 2018. The venue for the 71-lot sale is an impressive former warehouse overlooking the Duncan Docks, a harbour facility at the Port of Cape Town.
Tretchikoff’s Lady from the Orient (1955) leads Strauss & Co’s flagship sale
JOHANNESBURG – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, is delighted to announce the inclusion of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Lady from the Orient (estimate R5–7 million / $266,790–373,534), a global icon of twentieth-century painting, as a highlight of its flagship live sale on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, in Johannesburg.
Archived: Strauss & Co’s debut Contemporary Art auction identifies the next generation of stars
The hubbub of a working harbour provided the backdrop for Strauss & Co’s inaugural contemporary art sale, the first such auction in South Africa to focus exclusively on this burgeoning category of art.
Leading Icons of South African Modernism
Leading Strauss & Co’s Flagship Live Sale in Johannesburg: Gerard Sekoto, Vladimir Tretchikoff, William Kentridge, Dumile Feni, George Pemba, Irma Stern and JH Pierneef
Archived: Breakthrough moments: Strauss & Co sale includes formative works by key artists
Important works representative of South Africa’s diverse and evolving artistic practices from the twentieth and twenty-first century will go under the hammer at Strauss & Co’s much-anticipated Cape Town sale on 5 March at The Vineyard Hotel. Among the standout lots being offered is an Egyptian-themed architectural drawing by William Kentridge from his 2005 production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and a vivid still life with coffee utensils and ripening fruit by Erik Laubscher.
Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein
Strauss & Co is honoured to present ‘Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein’, a timed online sale running from 2 May to 13 May 2025.
Archived: Top 10 Lots, 5 March 2018
Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
May ART with Selected Works from the Chris Tugwell and Matthys Swanepoel Collections
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce May ART, a six-session timed online auction taking place from 2 to 12 May 2025, anchored by two private collections: Selected Works from the Chris Tugwell Collection and The Collection of Matthys Swanepoel. This curated sale offers a rare opportunity to experience South African art through the discerning
Archived: Strauss & Co sets new world record for still life by Erik Laubscher
A bold and colourful Still Life with Coffee Pot and Fruit by Erik Laubscher set a new world record at Strauss & Co’s live sale in Cape Town last night, selling for R 2.273 million.
A Celebration of Diversity in Fine Cape Wine: Three New Icon South African Producers
The April online auction brings together three of South Africa’s most distinguished and sought-after producers—Le Riche, David & Nadia and Restless River—each renowned for their dedication to terroir, craftsmanship, and producing refined, long-aging and exciting wines. Le Riche Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a South African benchmark, produced by Christo le Riche who took over from
