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Irma Stern Zanibar Painting Leads Strauss SA Sale

August 10, 2011 by Marion Maneker

South African art continues its rise on the world market as Irma Stern works gain prominence in sales this Autumn. Bonhams will feature a Stern in its London sale of South African art. Now Stauss & Co, a South African auction house, announces the sale of a major Stern from her celebrated Zanzibar series. Arab Priest made $4.6m and Bahora Girl was sold for $3.6m. Estimated at between $2.8m and $3.5m, Two Arabs is Strauss’s bet that Stern’s market is ready to explode:

This painting is one of the highlights from a group of works painted by Irma Stern in Zanzibar in 1939 where she spent four months. It ranks equally with two major Sterns recently sold at auction, Arab Priest, which achieved R33 411 915 and Bahora Girl, which sold for R26 062 159.  It is certainly one of, if not themost important painting to be offered at auction in South Africa over the past decade and will no doubt create a great deal of excitement amongst collectors. […] Having been held in select private collections, the painting has a good provenance and has not been seen publically since it was included in the exhibition Homage to Irma Stern, presented by the Rembrandt van Rijn Art Foundation for the Cape Arts Festival in 1968 at the Rembrandt Art Centre in Johannesburg, the Pretoria Art Museum and the South African National Gallery.

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