Modern and Contemporary Art: Namibian Horizons

Timed Online Auction, 26 April - 8 May 2023

Namibian Horizons
About the Session

Strauss & Co is excited to present a special focus that celebrates Namibian landscape art. The auction presents a rare opportunity for art collectors to own a piece of Namibia's natural beauty through a stunning collection of extraordinary and pristine Namibian landscape paintings and other subjects by Namibian artists. The auction will showcase a diverse range of artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, and works on paper.

Visitors can view the paintings at a special preview exhibition Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm at the Strauss & Co Cape Town office, Brickfield Canvas, Brickfield Road, Woodstock.


Sold for

ZAR 11 725
Lot 115
  • Adolph Jentsch; Sud West Afrika-Namib (sic)
  • Adolph Jentsch; Sud West Afrika-Namib (sic)
  • Adolph Jentsch; Sud West Afrika-Namib (sic)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725

About this Item

German/Namibian 1888-1977
Sud West Afrika-Namib (sic)

signed with the artist's initials and dated 1971; signed, numbered 71-10 and inscribed with the title on the reverse

watercolour on paper
60 by 37cm excluding frame; 90 by 65,5 by 3,5cm including frame

Provenance

Private Collection, Cape Town.

Literature

Olga Levinson (1973) Adolph Jentsch, Cape Town: Human and Rousseau, illustrated in black and white on page 33.

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