South Africa’s Strauss & Co. held their sale of South African art today scoring a new record for Irma Stern of 21m South African Rand (US$2.6m.) That price was just above the low estimate for the work. After the Stern record, it was a long way down to the next two Stern works. Followed by a Pierneef with a British royal provenance that did substantially better than its estimate. The top ten lots follow:
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294 |
Irma Stern Two Arabs | R21,166,000 |
| 299 | Irma Stern Mending the Nets | R 2,785,000 |
| 300 | Irma Stern Still Life with Marigolds and Pears | R 2,005,200 |
| 264 | Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning
From Grove Road, Claremont, with Devil’s Peak |
R 1,559,600 |
| 251 | Jacob Hendrik Pierneef Karoo | R 1,225,400 |
| 312 | Alexis Preller Boys Bathing | R 1,058,300 |
| 263 | Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning
The Bridge, Rondebosch |
R 891,200 |
| 387 | Jane Alexander something’s going down, 1993-94 | R 802,080 |
| 361 | William Joseph Kentridge Blue Head | R 779,800 |
| 270 | Dorothy Moss Kay Self Portrait with Red and White Scarf |
R 690,680 |
