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21 Jan 2015

De Bruyckere, who was the solo artist in the Belgian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, curated by J M Coetzee, conceived of Schmerzensmann III (R2 500 000 – 3 500 000), as a powerful reflection on humanity. Internet Dweller: mpbdcg.ten.sspv (R800 000 – 1 200 000), was produced in 1994 by Nam June Paik, who associated with Joseph Beuys and John Cage and participated in the Neo-Dada movement, Fluxus, of which Yoko Ono was also a member.

Lot 596 Nam June Paik ‘Internet Dweller: mpbdcg.ten.sspv’ R800 000 – R1 200 000

Vladimir Tretchikoff’s sensational Zulu Maiden tops the local list at R1 900 000 – 2 200 000. A rare early portrait of his son, Joseph, by Wolf Kibel (R1 500 000 – 2 000 000), Alexis Preller’s Mapogga Wedding (R800 000 – 1 200 000) and two paintings by Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, the impressive Wild Pear Trees (R600 000 – 900 000) and the rare casein, Storm Clouds and Trees (R350 000 – 500 000) are all major works. Robert Hodgins in J’accuse (R700 000 – 1 000 000) provides a brilliant dissection of the notorious Dreyfus Affair. Medley by Walter Battiss at R700 000 – 900 000 should excite the kind of bidding that saw Medley No I knocked down for R1 250 480 on Strauss’s Johannesburg auction in June 2014.

Amongst the works by top South African artists, Ed Young’s Arch (R450 000 – 550 000) is set to fly. Along with Berlinde De Bruyckere’s Schmerzensmann III, this will be on view in the foyer of the Vineyard Hotel from 20 February 2015.

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