What is your art is worth? Have you ever had it valued? Are you thinking of selling? Highly regarded art specialists and auctioneers, Stephan Welz and Ruarc Peffers of Strauss & Co, will be visiting KwaZulu-Natal next week to offer obligation-free valuations in preparation for their next major auction of Important South African and International Art to be held in Johannesburg on 1 June 2015. They will be in Pietermaritzburg on 8 April and Durban on 9 April 2015 (see details below). Strauss & Co, South Africa’s premier auction house for fine and decorative arts, is the global leader in the South African art market and holds records for most major South African artists including Irma Stern, JH Pierneef, Anton van Wouw, Wolf Kibel, Walter Battiss, Stanley Pinker, Robert Hodgins, Penny Siopis et al.
Archived: The pedigree of art dealer and collector Matthys Strydom’s collection sees collectors pay premium prices at Strauss & Co auction
The legendary Cape art dealer and collector Matthys Strydom (1935-2022) received an enthusiastic send-off by art lovers following a week of remembrance in Cape Town organised by Strauss & Co. Strydom’s extensive art collection, which surveyed a century of South African art, was warmly received by the public when it went on view in the historical manor house of Welgemeend in Gardens, Cape Town.
Archived: Celebrating Esias Bosch’s centenary
Celebrating Esias Bosch’s (1923 – 2012) centenary, Strauss & Co is proud to present a single-artist, timed online auction of his work between 13 and 20 February 2023.
Archived: Alexander Calder – ‘Spiral’,
Important South African and International Art, Johannesburg, 1 June 2015, Lot 208
Archived: Strauss & Co presents works owned by Matthys Strydom, art dealer and storyteller extraordinaire
Matthys Strydom (1935-2022), the legendary George art dealer whose survey collection of 20th-century South African painting goes on sale in Cape Town on Tuesday, 22 November 2022, was a committed storyteller.
Archived: Important Announcements from Frank Kilbourn, Strauss & Co Executive Chairperson
We have the privilege of building on the very solid results for 2022, a year in which we held 54 auction sessions, sold 6381 items and generated sales of R354 million. 2023 has kicked off with a bang and January has come and gone in a blur. February is always a very important month for
Archived: Jane Alexander – ‘Serviceman’
Important South African and International Art, Johannesburg, 1 June 2015, Lot 263
Archived: Broad interest in historical and contemporary art underpins Strauss & Co’s solid results
Museum-grade quality works by a broad range of historical and contemporary artists, the vast majority from South Africa, successfully changed hands at Johannesburg Auction Week, Strauss & Co’s major summer auction of art and wine.
Archived: Strauss & Co kicks off 2023 with a revitalised programme of online auctions
Opening on Monday, 6 February 2023, Modern and Contemporary Art, with a focus on Abstraction, Strauss & Co’s first Timed-online auction of the new trading year, introduces its new regularised programme of curated online sales for 2023.
Archived: William Kentridge – ‘Shrouded Figure in a Landscape [Taking in the Landscape]’
Important South African and International Art, Johannesburg, Lot 258
