The final sale of Strauss & Companys 2012 auction calendar is set for 12 November 2012. Comprising 237 items across the full spectrum of South African art there promises to be something for everyone, it is however the number of museum quality works that is sure to draw the buyers in.
Archived: Pricey Prellers prevail
The timelessness of Alexis Prellers iconography has been unequivocally demonstrated through the prices in excess of two million rand achieved by Strauss & Co in 2010. To the delight of collectors of top quality South African art, a feast of Alexis Preller works are being offered at the companys forthcoming auction in Johannesburg which takes place on Monday 12 November 2012.
Archived: Museum quality works for sale at Strauss & Co
The final sale of Strauss & Companys 2012 auction calendar is set for 12 November 2012. Comprising 237 items across the full spectrum of South African art there promises to be something for everyone, it is however the number of museum quality works that is sure to draw the buyers in.
Archived: Pieter Hugo – A personal vision of the pioneering spirit of man
For the first time in South African auction history a seminal work by well-known South African photographer Pieter Hugo is coming under the hammer at Strauss & Companys 12 November auction at the Johannesburg Country Club in Woodmead.
Archived: Lucas Sithole’s ‘Young Girl’
Lucas Sithole has proven highly collectable at recent auctions. A record result just shy of a million rand was achieved for Strauss & Companys 5 May 2011 auction in Johannesburg subsequent auctions have built on this result and pieces coming up at auctions have been eagerly snapped up by local collectors.
Archived: Robert Hodgins – People Watcher with a wicked sense of humour
Following the world record set in June, Strauss & Company are delighted to be offering a number of works by Robert Hodgins in the November auction.
Archived: Rock Art and its lasting influence on JH Pierneef and Walter Battiss
Studies of San rock art has had a profound and lasting effect on many South Africas artists not the least of which were JH Pierneef and Walter Battiss.
Archived: The allure of the landscape – Adolph Jentsch and the panoramas of Namibia
Strauss & Co will be offering two rare oils by acclaimed Namibian landscape painter, Adolph Jentsch, in the 12 November auction in Johannesburg.
Archived: Strauss & Co’s Keerweder triumph
The entire contents of Keerweder, regarded as one of the finest monuments in the entire Franschhoek Valley by acclaimed author and art historian Dr Hans Fransen, went under the hammer on Monday evening, 22 October.
Archived: Whether stealing or selling SA, Art spells out millions
The South African public has been left aghast at the value of work stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum only to be followed the next day by record prices paid for paintings by Alexis Preller and Walter Battiss amongst others which ran into millions of rands at a Strauss & Cos auction in Johannesburg.