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THE SOUTH AFRICAN SALE Wednesday 9 September 2015 THE SOUTH AFRICAN SALE Wednesday 9 September 2015 at 14:00 New Bond Street, London VIEWING BIDS ENQUIRIES PHYSICAL CONDITION OF Sunday 6 September +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Giles Peppiatt MRICS LOTS IN THIS AUCTION 11.00 to 15.00 +44 (0) 20 7447 4401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8355 Monday 7 September To bid via the internet please PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS 9.00 to 16.30 visit bonhams.com Hannah O’Leary NO REFERENCE IN THIS Tuesday 8 September +44 (0) 20 7468 8213 CATALOGUE TO THE PHYSICAL 9.00 to 16.30 TELEPHONE BIDDING CONDITION OF ANY LOT. Wednesday 9 September Bidding on telephone will only Alice Thomson INTENDING BIDDERS MUST 9.00 to 12 noon be accepted on lots with a lower +44 (0) 20 7468 8365 SATISFY THEMSELVES AS TO estimate in excess of £1,000. THE CONDITION OF ANY LOT SALE NUMBER Eliza Sawyer AS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 14 22364 Please note that bids should be +44 (0) 20 7468 5881 OF THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS submitted no later than 16:00 on [email protected] CONTAINED AT THE END OF the day prior to the sale. New THIS CATALOGUE. CATALOGUE bidders must also provide proof Jonathan Horwich £25.00 of identity when submitting bids. Global Director, Picture Sales As a courtesy to intending Failure to do this may result in +44 (0) 20 7468 8280 bidders, Bonhams will provide a ILLUSTRATIONS your bid not being processed. [email protected] written Indication of the physical Front cover: Lot 12 condition of lots in this sale if a Back cover: Lot 60 Live online bidding is available South Africa request is received up to 24 Inside front cover: Lot 56 for this sale Penny Culverwell hours before the auction starts. Opposite page: Lot 50 Please email [email protected] +27 71 342 2670 This written Indication is issued Inside back cover: Lot 18 with ‘live bidding’ in the subject [email protected] subject to Clause 3 of the Notice line 48 hours before the auction to Bidders. to register for this service. IMPORTANT INFORMATION The United States Government CUSTOMER SERVICES has banned the import of ivory Monday to Friday 8.30 to 18.00 into the USA. Lots containing +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 ivory are indicated by the Please see page 4 for bidder symbol Ф printed beside the information including after-sale lot number in this catalogue. collection and shipment. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Lucinda Bredin, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Peter Rees, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Matthew Girling Global CEO, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Global CEO, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant, Charles Lanning, Gordon McFarlan, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Hugh Watchorn. Central Middlesex Hospital SALE Park Royal INFORMATION Coronation Road W Bonhams, e d s P t Park Royal a e a rn r o A k R v e R e s A4 o 0 a y Park a h l C Royal Western Ave A40 R o 0 Station a 0 d Acton 0 4 Cemetery North A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V Bids Collection and storage after sale Bonhams warehouse address Important Notice West Acton Horn Lane +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Sold lots marked W will only StationUnit 1, Sovereign Park A surcharge of 2% is applicable +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax remain in Collections at Bonhams Coronation Road when using Mastercard, Visa To bid via the internet please New Bond Street until 5pm the Park Royal, London NW10 7QP and overseas debit cards. visit www.bonhams.com day of the sale. Following that all Tel: +44 (0) 87 0811 3867 lots will be transferred to our Hours of opening 9.30 to The following symbols are used Payments Bonhams Park Royal warehouse 16.30 Monday to Friday. to denote that VAT is due on the Buyers and will be available for collection hammer price and buyer’s +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 from Park Royal from 9.30 on 11 Lots may be released from premium +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax September 2015. Bonhams warehouse on production of the collection † VAT 20% on hammer price Sellers All other sold lots will remain in order obtained from the cashiers and buyer’s premium Payment of sale proceeds Collections at Bonhams New office at Bonhams and a form +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Bond Street until Wednesday 23 of photographic ID. If a third * VAT on imported items at a +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax September 2015. Following that party is collecting on behalf preferential rate of 5% on all lots will be transferred to our of the client, the client must hammer price and the prevailing Valuations, taxation Bonhams Park Royal warehouse provide Bonhams with written rate on buyer’s premium & heritage and will be available for collection authority prior to collection. +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 from 9.30 on Friday 25 September The third party must present W These lots will be removed +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax 2015. a photographic form of ID to Bonhams Park Royal after [email protected] when collecting. the sale. Please read the sale Handling & storage charges information page for more Catalogue subscriptions on all lots will commence on Payment in advance details. To obtain any Bonhams Thursday 24 September 2015. Tel: 020 7447 7447 catalogue to ascertain amount due by: Y These lots are subject to or to take out an annual The charges levied by Bonhams cash, cheque with banker’s CITES regulations, please read subscription: are as follows: card, credit card, bank draft or the information in the back of Subscriptions Department All lots marked with W traveller’s cheque. the catalogue. +44 (0) 1666 502200 Transfer per lot £35.00 +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax Daily storage per lot £3.60 Payment at time of collection AR These lots are subject to the [email protected] By credit card / debit card Artists Resale Right levy. Please All other objects refer to the information in section Shipping Transfer per lot £20.00 7 of the Notice to Bidders at the For information and estimates Daily storage per lot £1.90 back of the catalogue. on domestic and international shipping as well as export All the above charges are licenses please contact exclusive of VAT. VAT refunds on exports Bonhams Shipping from the EU Department on: To submit a claim for refund of +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 VAT HMRC require lots to be +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 exported from the EU within +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax strict deadlines. [email protected] For lots on which Import VAT has been charged; marked in the catalogue with a * or †, lots must be exported within 30 days of Bonhams’ receipt of payment and within 3 months of the sale date. For all other lots export must take place within 3 months of the sale date. For further VAT information please contact: [email protected] SOUTH AFRICAN ART AT BONHAMS Giles Peppiatt Hannah O’Leary Eliza Sawyer Alice Thomson Director Head of department Cataloguer Cataloguer Here at Bonhams we are immensely proud of our position were then auctioned for the cause. As the trial dragged on and as global leaders in the international market for modern and funds ran low, the Suzmans generously donated Arab in Black to contemporary South African art, and of our reputation for one of the Johannesburg auctions. achieving the highest prices for artworks by the South African Masters. Following the success of The South African Sale on That we are offering what is perhaps Stern’s finest Venetian work, 18 March, which totalled £1.44million (R28million), we have Piazza San Marco, Venice, seems particularly apt in this year of decided to continue to focus on holding smaller bespoke sales the 56th Biennale, where African artists are taking centre stage. of the highest quality. Stern herself represented South Africa at the Biennale in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1958, before winning the prestigious Peggy We are delighted to present here another carefully curated Guggenheim international art prize in 1960. International acclaim selection of artworks that span the careers of South Africa’s and recognition were everything to Stern, and the original Zanzibar most significant artists, many of which are being offered on the woodwork framing Piazza San Marco, Venice signifies Stern’s own open market for the very first time. A sample of these include personal satisfaction with the work. When news reached Irma that Bust of a Zulu by Anton van Wouw, Arab in Black and St Mark’s the buyer wanted to change the frame, she is reported to have Square, Venice by Irma Stern, and Mother and Child by Gerard responded “over my dead body”, and rightly so; the owner soon Sekoto. In addition to being highly significant works of art in came to appreciate the frame and the error of his judgment.