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Bad News proves to be good news
16 Mar 2010
Top South African art continues to boom Cape Town: Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading auction house, last night once again proved the strong demand for premier South African art works setting another six significant new auction records.
- Anton van Wouw: R2 228 000
- Bad News (Slegte Nuus)
- signed and inscribed ‘SA Joh-burg 1907’ and ‘FOUNDRY G. MASSA. ROMA’
- bronze, good brown patination
- height: 32,5cm
- Record for Anton van Wouw
- Record for a South African Sculpture
- Walter Battiss: R1 336 800
- Bathers
- signed, oil on canvas, 60 by 101
- Record for Walter Battiss
- Stanley Pinker: R946 900
- Night
- signed, inscribed on the reverse with the title, artist’s name and address, oil on canvas,
- 151 by 92cm
- Record for Stanley Pinker
- Cecil Skotnes: R1 225 400
- African still-life
- signed, carved, painted and incised wood panel, 121,5 by 124cm
- Record for Cecil Skotnes
- Jane Alexander: R1 058 300
- Racework – in the event of an earthquake
- signed with artist’s initials and dated 99, fibreglass, acrylic paint, synthetic clay, found objects, cotton velvet, synthetic hair, clothing
- Record for Jane Alexander
The sale totalled just over R33 million. Over 300 people attended the auction, reflecting the interest shown in this major fine art auction.
2010 Press Releases
December
- 1 Dec 2010 Chairman's Review 2010
- 1 Dec 2010 Voorsitters Oorsig
- 9 Dec 2010 Pick of the crop
November
- 1 Nov 2010 Art market grabs investor's imagination and opens pockets at Strauss & Co Auction
- 12 Nov 2010 A sparkling array
- 25 Nov 2010 Strauss & Co: Artists Records Achieved, 2010
October
- 11 Oct 2010 New record for South African art
- 18 Oct 2010 Strauss & Co set a new record for South African art
- 19 Oct 2010 Millions for South African Paintings
September
August
- 3 Aug 2010 Jewellery Week at Strauss & Co
- 30 Aug 2010 Ruth First and Lilian Ngoyi Celebrated in Artwork at Auction
- 31 Aug 2010 Pierneef attracts wide interest
July
- 23 Jul 2010 Another Irma Stern Still Life Poised to Break Auction Records
- 23 Jul 2010 Valuation Day at The Marine, Hermanus
June
- 25 Jun 2010 Forthcoming Cape Town Auction
- 26 Jun 2010 Stanley Pinker's, The Wheel of Life, 1974, to be offered for sale in Cape Town on 11 October 2010
May
- 2 May 2010 Artists with a passion for Africa
- 3 May 2010 Important work by Deborah Bell on auction at Strauss & Co Johannesburg, 24 May 2010
- 10 May 2010 Maud Sumner - "a sound investment"
- 18 May 2010 Auction of Important South African, British and Continental Paintings and Sculpture
- 25 May 2010 Four South African Still Lifes sell for R22 million
- 30 May 2010 Rhodes statue led Welz to success
March
- 16 Mar 2010 Bad News proves to be good news
- 25 Mar 2010 Irma Stern - Still Life with Dahlias and Fruit
February
- 1 Feb 2010 Edith Dodo Estate Collection
- 8 Feb 2010 Anton Van Wouw - Bad News
- 8 Feb 2010 Jane Alexander - Racework
