A Vladimir Tretchikoff painting, which had been sold by the artist after a chance meeting with a Pietermaritzburg couple in 1959, could earn its new pensioned owner over half a million when it goes on auction in May.
Archived: With a focus on Studies and Drawings, Strauss & Co’s October online auction appeals to established and first-time collectors
Strauss & Co’s October timed online sale of Modern and Contemporary Art, open from 2 to 9 October 2023, offers established collectors the opportunity to diversify their collections, and affords first-time collectors the chance to start their collections.
Archived: Recently discovered Renoir painting headlines Strauss & Co’s dynamic programme for Toyota US Woordfees
Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, is pleased to reconfirm its commitment to the Toyota US Woordfees with its vibrant programme of events planned for throughout the duration of the arts festival in Stellenbosch (7-15 October 2023). Highlights include a curated art exhibition featuring a recently uncovered work by Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Archived: Toyota US Woordfees presents exciting Benefit auction featuring established and emerging artists
Toyota SU Woordfees, in collaboration with Strauss & Company, are proud to present BUBBLE – Bubbles of Delight – an exhibition and auction to take place at Stellenbosch Town Hall, curated by Teresa Lizamore, owner and director of Lizamore and Associates Gallery and specialist fine art curator. The opening of the visual arts took place
Archived: Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg Auction Week celebrates a century of unbroken creativity and invention in African Art
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
Archived: Showpiece Renoir leads Strauss & Co’s 111-lot sale of international modern and contemporary art
• Sale presents 111 works by artists from more than 20 countries
• Late-period Renoir expected to sell for R2 – 3 million / $106 287 – 159 430
• High-value works by Mr Brainwash, Jeff Koons, John Piper, Edward Seago, Joža Uprka, Andy Warhol and William Wylie
• Enslin du Plessis leads cohort of South African artists including Albert Adams
Archived: Fresh-to-market paintings by Pierneef, Preller, Sekoto and Stern to be sold during Johannesburg Auction Week
• Johannesburg Auction Week presents 247 lots with combined value of
R71 million-100 million
• Exceptional landscapes by modernists J.H. Pierneef and Moses Tladi
• High-value still lifes by Irma Stern and Alexis Preller
• Rare Kentridge prints lead specialist sale focusing on South African print studios
• Important contemporary art by Tracey Rose, Athi-Patra Ruga Billie Zangewa
Archived: International buyers flock to Strauss & Co’s spotlight auction featuring Chagall, Miró and an undiscovered Renoir
• Renoir’s Fruits (Oranges et Citrons) fetches R4.575 million / $238 300
• Spotlight sale earns R8.825 million/ $462 250 after 75% lots sold
• New buyers account for more than half of successful bids
• Strong showing by modernist British and European artists
Archived: Moses Tladi and Gerard Sekoto, who opened museum doors for black artists, lead an impressive offering of black moderns at Johannesburg Auction Week
• Three rare landscapes by Moses Tladi lead museum-quality offering of paintings by pioneer black moderns
• High-value lots by Peter Clarke, Dumile Feni and Gerard Sekoto
• Bronzes by Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo from John and Elisabeth Bradley Collection
Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography
Including The Gary Eisenberg Collection, The Linda Givon Collection, The Photographic Archival and Preservation Association and other properties
