Johannesburg Auction Week (6-8 November): Paintings by Pierneef, Preller, Sekoto & Stern to be soldStrauss & Co kick off the summer with Johannesburg Auction Week. Going under the hammer are works from Sekoto, Pierneef and Kentridge.
by Gordon Glyn-Jones
06-11-2023 11:31
in Art and Artists
Johannesburg Auction Week (6-8 November): Paintings by Pierneef, Preller, Sekoto & Stern to be sold. Image: Supplied
Strauss & Co, Africa's leading auction house, announces Johannesburg Auction Week (6-8 November 2023), a series of curated auctions bringing together works by modernist pioneers and contemporary innovators.
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Among the many highlights are three rare landscapes by Moses Tladi, (the first black artist to exhibit in the South African National Gallery) plus, intensive artist focuses on William Kentridge and J.H. Pierneef and an important textile work from 2008 by Billie Zangewa.
Children at Play, Eastwood, Pretoria - Gerard Sekoto (estimate R2.8 - 3.2 million $148 700 - 169 950). Image supplied. MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE Notable pieces:
Children at Play, Eastwood, Pretoria - Gerard Sekoto (estimate R2.8 - 3.2 million / $148 700 - 169 950)
1960 gouache by Peter Clarke depicting a black competitive cyclist (estimate R300 000 - 400 000 $15 930 - 21 245).
Rocky Outcrop Moses Tladi. (estimate R100 000 150 000/ $5 367 8 051).
Rustenburg Kloof JH Pierneef (estimate R3 - 4 million / $159 430 - 265 717).
Rocky Outcrop Moses Tladi. (estimate R100 000 150 000 $5 367 8 051). Image supplied. Strauss & Co presents collectors with fresh-to-market paintings, many unseen in decades, by Maggie Laubser, Alexis Preller, Irma Stern and Gerard Sekoto. Bronzes by acclaimed mid-century sculptors Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo lead a strong presentation of influential Amadlozi Group artists, including works by Cecil Skotnes and Edoardo Villa. Five sought-after Kentridge bronzes, four of them derived from his 2016 series Shadow Figure, lead a superb presentation of contemporary art by Marlene Dumas, Georgina Gratrix and Athi-Patra Ruga.
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Johannesburg Auction Week offers fabulous variety, from rare modernist oils and bronzes to contemporary prints, paintings and textiles by artists with significant museum and institutional interest, says Dr. Alastair Meredith, Head of Sale, Strauss & Co.
Moses Tladi was one of the earliest black landscape painters working in a western tradition, and was also the first black artist to formally exhibit a picture in the Iziko South African National Gallery in 1931. In a sale with a strong component of modernist landscapes by established figures like Gwelo Goodman, Maggie Laubser, J.H. Pierneef and Pieter Wenning, it is fantastic to open our marquee summer sale with a trio of exemplary pictures by the enigmatic and for too long overlooked painter Moses Tladi. His work is essential in the story of landscape painting in South Africa. Scenes of natural splendour also compelled Gerard Bhengu, who is represented in the sale by a brilliant watercolour.
Strauss & Co has played an important role in maintaining benchmark prices for J.H. Pierneef. For Johannesburg Auction Week, we have gathered one of the finest presentations of Pierneef landscapes to appear at market in recent years. The consignment is led by a monumental portrayal of Rustenburg Kloof (estimate R3 - 4 million / $159 430 - 265 717), an enduring Pierneef subject.
Date and Link: 7 November at 7pm
DEFINING IMPRESSIONS: A SELECTION OF PRINTS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN STUDIOS Notable pieces:
Carlton Centre Games Arcade - William Kentridge (estimate R50 000 - 70 0000 $ 2 657 - 3 720).
Iris II (In Clamp) - William Kentridge (estimate R750 000 - 850 000 / $ 39 858 - 45 172).
Hope in the Green Leaves William Kentridge (estimate R600 000 - 800 000 / $ 31 886 - 42 515).
Carlton Centre Games Arcade - William Kentridge (estimate R50 000 - 70 0000 $ 2 657 - 3 720). Image supplied. Johannesburg Auction Week commences on Monday, 6 November 2023 with Defining Impressions: A Selection of Prints from South African Studios. The 80 lots on offer are chiefly linked to six studios: The Artists' Press, Artist Proof Studio, The Caversham Press, David Krut Workshop, Legate Lithography Editions (LL Editions) and Jillian Ross Print. Alongside prints by Willem Boshoff, Phillemon Hlungwani, Robert Hodgins, Themba Khumalo, Blessing Ngobeni, Nelson Makamo, Lady Skollie and Diane Victor, there is a substantial presentation of works on paper by William Kentridge.
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An innovative and prolific print-maker, William Kentridge has shown an unswerving commitment to print since the mid-1970s. Strauss & Co is honoured to present three rare etchings from his 1978 series Carlton Centre Games Arcade (estimate R50 000 - 70 0000 / $ 2 657 - 3 720) in a single lot. The small prints were executed by Kentridge at his mentor Bill Ainslie's studio in Saxonwold, Johannesburg. Important Kentridge prints on offer in this sale include Iris II (In Clamp) from 2005 (estimate R750 000 - 850 000 / $ 39 858 - 45 172) and the 2013 linocut Hope in the Green Leaves (estimate R600 000 - 800 000 / $ 31 886 - 42 515).
Date and Link: Monday 6 November at 7pm
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART - DAY SALE Notable pieces:
Victoria Cobokana with Her Children David Goldblatt (estimate R200 000 300 000/ $ 10 734 16 101).
Landscape with Cliffs Moses Tladi. (estimate R8 000 12 000/ $429 - 644)
Victoria Cobokana with Her Children David Goldblatt (estimate R200 000 300 000 $10 734 16 101). Image supplied. Johannesburg Auction Week concludes on Wednesday, 8 November 2023 with the Day Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art a timed-online sale of 82 lots. Highlights include a mixed-media collage by Blessing Ngobeni and important photos by David Goldblatt and Tracey Rose. The sale extends on the landscape theme of t
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Johannesburg Auction Week (6-8 November): Paintings by Pierneef, Preller, Sekoto & Stern to be soldStrauss & Co kick off the summer with Johannesburg Auction Week. Going under the hammer are works from Sekoto, Pierneef and Kentridge. 
