LOST TREASURES OF SOUTH AFRICAN ART

Lot 226: Irma Stern, Woman with Blue Headscarf. R2 000 000 – 3 000 000. Image courtesy of Strauss & Co.
Strauss & Co offers lost treasures of SA Art
A key work by painter Alexis Preller, for decades presumed lost, is among the standout lots on Strauss & Co’s forthcoming Johannesburg summer auction. The sale, scheduled to take place at the Wanderers Club on 7 November, includes a number of important works repatriated to this country from international collections, notably by Preller, Walter Battiss, Cecil Skotnes and Edoardo Villa.


Lot 245: Walter Battiss, Rock Art Composition II. R 1 800 000 - 2 200 000. Image courtesy of Strauss & Co.
Lot 234: Alexis Preller, Space Angel. R4 000 000 - 6 000 000. Image courtesy of Strauss & Co.
Lot 251: Cecil Skotnes, Figure Panels, four. R 2 000 000 – 3 000 000. Image courtesy of Strauss & Co.



Top contemporary artists are also brought to the fore with major examples from Deborah Poynton, Willem Boshoff, Walter Oltmann, Joni Brenner, Pieter Hugo, Gerhard Marx and Georgina Gratrix making Strauss & Co’s summer auction unmissable.

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