Artists

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, Strauss & Co maintains a detailed database of every artist sold at auction since 2009. Whether it is painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, this searchable database lists by artist every lot offered and provides aggregated data useful to collectors. Famous South African artists like William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern are introduced with helpful biographies along with the best contemporary artists.



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William Kentridge

South African 1955- 


After studying Political Science at Wits in the late 1970s William Kentridge studied the art of mime in Paris in the early 1980s. He now continually combines these interests in his art. His phenomenal drawing skills were sharpened while studying at the Johannesburg Art Foundation and, in the numerous stop-frame video animations of the 1990s and the large-scale installations of the early twenty-first century, he dramatically renders the effects of colonialism on the oppressed. Regularly mounting major exhibitions and dramatic productions, locally and internationally, he is the recipient of numerous local and international awards and is the true embodiment of Contemporary African Art.

Image courtesy Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.


Collaborations & Affiliations

925 lots offered      82.70% sold      ZAR 201 890 204
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
William Kentridge; Two Figures
26 Sep 2011
Sold for ZAR 35 648
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Braz Cubas (Head and Stone)
26 Sep 2011
Sold for ZAR 27 850
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Catullus-Caucasus Mountains Celluloid-Cellulose
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 66 840
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Damned Squares of the Shameless City
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 33 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; A Still Life with Apples
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 55 700
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Notary's Embossing Press
16 May 2011
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
William Kentridge; Rhino (Head Down)
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 44 560
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Rhino (Head Up)
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 44 560
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; L'inesorabile Avanzata: The World (1); Newspaper Unread (2); Massacre of the Innocents (3); Newspaper Read (4); Mal d Afrika (5)
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 94 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Magic Flute: Dove (State IX)
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 37 876
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Magic Flute: Dove (State X)
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 53 472
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
William Kentridge; Iris II
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 189 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.