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Vladimir Tretchikoff Painting Smashes World Auction Record at Strauss & Co Sale in Johannesburg
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A peak-period Tretchikoff painting, suffused with beauty and glamour, leads Strauss & Co’s September Auction Week
CAPE TOWN – A pinnacle work by Vladimir Tretchikoff, the much-loved Russian-born Cape Town painter whose vivid portraiture and canny marketing strategies prefigured Pop art, leads Strauss & Co’s September Auction Week (16 – 18 September 2024). Painted circa 1954-56, Balinese Girl (estimate R5 – 7 million/ $278 520 – $390 000) derives from Tretchikoff’s classic period, when he originated such iconic works as Chinese Girl (1952) and Lady from Orient(1955).
Sculpted Narratives: Exploring the malleable qualities of ceramic art
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of an important sale of collectable ceramics to be offered at the company’s first-ever live auction in Pretoria on Sunday, 21 July 2024. Titled Sculpted Narratives: Contemporary South African Ceramics, this spotlight sale includes high-value pieces by acclaimed clay artists Astrid Dahl, Andile Dyalvane, Ian Garrett, Frances Goodman, Nesta Nala, Hylton Nel and Bonnie Ntshalintshali. The live-virtual auction will be presented at Pierneef’s Kraal Guest Lodge, the former home of landscape painter J.H. Pierneef.
The people have voted: SA artists at the 2024 Venice Biennale come up tops at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg auction
Johannesburg – George Pemba and Gerard Sekoto, major historical painters who this year are posthumous debutantes at the 2024 Venice Biennale, were among the top-performing artists in Strauss & Co’s recent Evening Sale of Collectable Art, concluded on Tuesday, 28 May 2024. The virtual-live auction, the culminating event of a four-part auction season in Johannesburg, saw strong results achieved for works by William Kentridge and Irma Stern, respectively stars of the Venice Biennale in the 1950s and post-2000s.
Announcing the 2024 Cassirer Welz Award Recipient
Bag Factory Artists’ Studios, in collaboration with Strauss & Co. Education and Fine Art Auctioneers, proudly announces Tawanda Takura (Zimbabwe) as the winner of the 13th Cassirer Welz Award.
Revisiting the work of South African painter Lettie Gardiner in Strauss & Co’s diverse June online ART sale
An impressive cross-section of South African art across a variety of mediums, periods and themes makes Strauss & Co’s June ART Online Sale a great opportunity for new and seasoned collectors to diversify their collections.
Strauss & Co Announces Nature-Inspired Art Auction to Coincide with Hermanus Fynarts Festival 2024
Cape Town – Strauss & Co is delighted to announce Art Rooted in Nature, a two-part auction that celebrates the profound connection between South African artists and the natural world. Coinciding with the vibrant Hermanus Fynarts Festival 2024 and running from 7 to 25 June, the auction offers collectors a compelling selection of artworks that emphasize themes of both human and non-human elements in nature.
Two important drawings by William Kentridge, an artist revered globally, at Strauss & Co auction in Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG – In March 2009, when Strauss & Co held its inaugural live auction of important South African art in Johannesburg, the catalogue included two works on paper by the acclaimed contemporary artist William Kentridge. Both works found eager buyers. In the ensuing 15 years, as Kentridge’s astonishingly diverse practice has gained ever wider international
The Diamond Edition Day & Evening Sale
Strauss & Co unveils luxury solitaires and fine jewels in their upcoming Diamond Edition auctions online Day Sale from May 17-27, 2024 and live virtual Evening Sale on May 27, 2024
Art for all Seasons in Strauss & Co’s May Online Sale including a selection of works from the Cecil and Thelma Skotnes Estate
A diverse and exciting selection of Modernist and Contemporary works including a single-owner collection makes up Strauss & Co’s May ART Online Sale, taking place from Friday 3 to Monday 13 May.
