19th Century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Live Virtual Auction, 28 June 2022

In/Tangible: South African Abstract Art
About the Session

Strauss & Co's latest live virtual sale takes place on Tuesday 28 June 2022 and includes three sessions of fine art, including a session devoted entirely to Abstract Art created in South Africa. The 308 lots available to browse, bid and buy in these curated sessions include prints, works on paper, paintings, sculptures, ceramics and books.

This special focus session include prints, portfolios, works on paper, paintings, and sculptures, by local artists working in a broad array of Abstract styles (lots 201-299).

To conclude the sale, Strauss & Co is proud to support established artist Jill Trappler’s latest initiative, The Orange Art Project (OAP). OAP introduces children and youth in foster homes throughout the Western Cape to creativity, arts and crafts through a network of diverse professional artists to assist in educational and social development. Local artists and organisations such as Sam Nhlengethwa, LL Editions, Lwando Dlamini and Pat Mautloa have donated artwork to raise funds for this worthy cause (lots 302-308).


  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The White Monday Disaster

signed by the artist and the poet Stephen Gray on the title page, numbered 32/125; each plate signed by the artist and dated 75

colour woodcuts in linen-covered solander box with quarter leather binding
book: 57 by 74 by 3cm; box: 59 by 77 by 5cm

Notes

13 original colour woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with text by Stephen Gray, 1975, with title and preface, edition limited to 125 copies and 25 artist's proofs, this set numbered 'Trial', each woodcut signed and dated by the artist, the title page signed by the artist and the poet, in original full buckram-covered portfolio cover.

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