After the record-breaking R22 million sale of Irma Stern’s Children Reading the Koran last month, another collection of highly sought-after modern and contemporary art is hitting the market on 16 May, via a live virtual auction.
last month, another collection of highly sought-after modern and contemporary art is hitting the market on 16 May, via a live virtual auction. will present over 100 lots of works of art and sculptures, with some estimated to fetch millions.
The impressive catalogue of works on auction spans more than a century of South African art, from the early beginnings of the country’s cosmopolitan art scene, with notable artists such as Van Wouw, Frans Oerder and Pieter Wenning.There are two museum-grade works by pioneering black modernists Sekoto and Dumile Feni.
“Gerard Sekoto’s pre-exile painting of a well-known intersection in central Pretoria, executed in his cool observational style, is part of an important collection that we’re delighted to be handling.” , which is estimated to sell for up to R3.5 million.
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