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Andy Warhol and Irma Stern lead the catalogue for Strauss & Co's upcoming live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art.
Andy Warhol and Irma Stern lead the catalogue for Strauss & Co’s upcoming live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art.Andy Warhol and Irma Stern lead the catalogue for Strauss & Co's upcoming live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art.
Image: Strauss & CoVesuvius , a striking screenprint depicting the famed Italian volcano near Naples,” says Elmarie van Straaten, Head of Sale at Strauss & Co. “Created in 1985, this late work reflects Warhol’s deepening engagement with themes of mortality and legacy.“Although by no means a regular in our auctions, Strauss & Co have an excellent track record handling his work, with 87% of lots offered finding new homes.”, painted in 1954 during a period of remarkable creative energy. Then aged 60, Stern was widely regarded as “an indefatigable ambassador of South African art,” and undertook extensive travels to the Belgian Congo, France, Germany, Israel, Italy and Turkey. As with much of her still life work, this composition reflects on the quiet harmony between the cultivated and the organic, the human and the natural.The post-war period saw the rise of numerous South African modernists, among them Alexis Preller and Vladimir Tretchikoff. The sale features Preller’s Christ Head , a fragmented devotional image, as well as two botanicals by Tretchikoff. Strauss & Co established the current world record for Tretchikoff following the May 2025 sale of Lady from the Orient for R31 million / $1.735 million. Other notable modernists represented in the sale include Gregoire Boonzaier, Pranas Domsaitis, Alfred Krenz, Maggie Laubser, Hugo Naudé, Frans Oerder and JEA Volschenk. A sense of the catalogue’s range is evident in works such as Clement Sénèque’s Dry Dock, Durban , Erik Laubscher’s Kouebokkeveld , Gerard Sekoto’s gouache on paper The Conversation in the Street , and Sydney Kumalo’s drawing Reclining Figure .South Africa’s re-entry into the global art scene in 1994 catalysed the international recognition of artists such as David Goldblatt and William Kentridge. This auction includes four of Goldblatt’s photographs, among them his famous 1985 portrait of 15-year-old Lawrence Matjee , taken after his detention by security police. Kentridge is represented by two major works: the politically charged 1988 print Art in a State of Siege , and Untitled . Other contemporary highlights include Zander Blom’s large-scale abstract canvas Untitled alongside pieces by Patrick Bongoy, Alex Emsley, Anton Karstel, Mongezi Ncaphayi, Cameron Platter, Brett Seiler and Pierre Vermeulen.Pre-auction sundowners will be held on Thursday, 19 June, from 18:00-19:00.– Saturday, 21 June | 09:00 – 16:00– Tuesday, 24 June | 09:00 – 19:00Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, who is recovering from cancer, has pulled out of attending the Royal Ascot race meeting. A ‘water mafia’ in the Eastern Cape threatened Gift of the Givers staff while they were distributing water to residents affected by floods. The city of Johannesburg will implement a planned power outage that will affect 35 areas on Wednesday, 25 June 2025. South Africans are speculating that Floyd Shivambu’s future in politics with Zuma’s MK Party is coming to an end. Take a look at what the weather has in store for South Africa’s nine provinces this Thursday, 19 June 2025.
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