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Irma Stern’s Two Arabs Sets Record of $2.6m

September 26, 2011 by Marion Maneker

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:

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

Strauss & Co.

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Filed Under: Auction Results Tagged With: South African

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