2 Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery including paintings from The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection, The Property of a Lady and The Andrew Newall Collection of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art Monday 7 October 2019 9.30am: Session One 1.30pm: Session Two 4.30pm: Session Three 5.30pm: Session Four 8.00pm: Session Five VENUE ENQUIRIES AND CATALOGUES The Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town Office: +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Colinton Road (off Protea Road) CONTACT NUMBERS DURING VIEWING AND AUCTION PREVIEW Office: +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Mobile +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Friday 4 October to Sunday 6 October from 10am to 5pm [email protected] [email protected] ABSENTEE AND TELEPHONE BIDS WALKABOUTS Tel +27 (0) 21 683 6560 +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Saturday 5 October and Sunday 6 October at 11.30am [email protected] LECTURES PAY M E N T Friday 4 October at 12pm: Decorative Arts Highlights Tel +27 (0) 11 728 8246 Conducted by Sophie-Louise Fröhlich Debbie Watson [email protected] Saturday 5 October at 10.30am: Pierneef and Jentsch: Contemplating the Southern African Landscape CONDITION REPORTS Conducted by Ian Hunter and Kirsty Colledge [email protected] Sunday 6 October at 10.30am: Irma Stern’s Congo: illu S T R at ED catalo G U E R 220.00 Biography and Portraiture all lotS ARE SolD SubJEct to THE conDitionS OF buSinESS PRintED at THE bacK Conducted by Matthew Partridge OF THIS cataloGUE PUBLIC AUCTION BY DIRECTORS F KILBOURN (EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON), E BRADLEY, CB STRAUSS, C WIESE, J GINSBERG, C WELZ, V PHILLIPS (MD), B GENOVESE (MD), AND S GOODMAN (EXECUTIVE) 4 Contents 3 Auction Information 6 Board of Directors, Specialists and Services 7 Buying at Strauss & Co 8 Session 1 at 9.30am Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art including The Andrew Newall Collection Lots 1 - 230 66 Session 2 at 1.30pm Jewellery, English Silver and Furniture Lots 231 - 420 110 Session 3 at 4.30pm Continental Ceramics, Silver, Glass and Contemporary Furniture, Cape Furniture and related objects Lots 421 - 480 130 Session 4 at 5.30pm Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale Lots 481 - 580 172 Session 5 at 8pm Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art including paintings from The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection and The Property of a Lady Evening Sale Lots 581–688 276 Conditions of Business 279 Bidding Form 280 Shipping Instruction Form 284 Artist Index PAGE 2 Lot 1 A large Chinese blue and white vase, Ming Dynasty, Wanli period (detail) OPPOSITE Lot 586 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Gold & Green, Rooiplaat, N.T. (detail) 5 Directors Specialists Administration EXECUTIVE CAPE TOWN JOHANNESBURG CAPE TOWN Frank Kilbourn Ann Palmer Senior Art Specialist Alastair Meredith HOD, Senior Art Specialist Gail Duncan Executive Chairperson +27 (0) 82 468 1098 +27 (0) 71 593 5315 Administrator, Absentee Bids, [email protected] [email protected] Telephone Bids & Payments Vanessa Phillips +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Joint Managing Director Kirsty Colledge Senior Art Specialist Wilhelm van Rensburg Senior Art Specialist [email protected] Decorative Arts & Jewellery +27 (0) 83 326 8283 +27 (0) 82 808 9971 +27 (0) 72 445 4717 [email protected] [email protected] Khanya Daniels-Poyiya [email protected] Decorative Arts Assistant & Store Manager Ian Hunter Senior Art Specialist Marion Dixon Senior Art Specialist +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Bina Genovese +27 (0) 84 257 6495 +27 (0) 82 775 5520 [email protected] Joint Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] Client Advisory, Marketing, Media Sandy Acey +27 (0) 83 680 9944 Jean le Clus-Theron Art Specialist Arisha Maharaj Junior Art Specialist Administration & Shipping [email protected] +27 (0) 76 125 8162 +27 (0) 79 407 5140 +27 (0) 78 044 8185 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Susie Goodman Executive Director, Matthew Partridge Contemporary Art Specialist Hazel Cuthbertson Art Researcher & Cataloguer Mia Borman Assistant Marketing, Client Advisory +27 (0) 76 183 6290 +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Media & Client Advisory +27 (0) 72 896 7706 [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 84 685 1671 [email protected] [email protected] Gera de Villiers Junior Art Specialist & Research Richard Ndimande Art Cataloguer +27 (0) 21 683 6560 +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Stacey Brindley Decorative Arts Assistant NON-EXECUTIVE [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 21 683 6560 [email protected] Elisabeth Bradley Frances Holmes Art Cataloguer & Administrator +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Conrad Strauss JOHANNESBURG [email protected] Debbie Watson Caro Wiese Company Secretary, General Sophie-Louise Fröhlich Decorative Arts Manager, Bids Office & Accounts Specialist Carmen Welz +27 (0) 82 336 8761 +27 (0) 79 427 3834 [email protected] [email protected] Jack Ginsberg Jackie Murray Client Advisory +27 (0) 82 901 1246 [email protected] Michelle Parfett Subscriptions & Administrator +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Janine Roux Logistics +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Eddie Ubisi Store Manager +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Bertha Masemola Receptionist +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] 6 Buying at Strauss & Co A step by step guide for buying at auction 1. BROWSE UPCOMING SALES IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL How do I Pay and Collect? 2) From Strauss & Co, Cape Town BIDDERS Uncollected small lots will be All the lots you purchase will be invoiced removed to the Cape Town office and The sale can be viewed on our website: In accordance with the Consumer to the name and address that appear on will be available for collection from www.straussart.co.za Protection Act 68 of 2008, prospective the registration form. the day following the sale: bidders are required to register before Catalogues can be purchased from our Please arrange payment and collection The Oval, Oakdale Road, First Floor offices or by subscription. bidding. In order to register we require your full names, a copy of your identity immediately after the sale. Colinton House, Newlands. document, proof of your physical Tel: 021 683 6560. How much will I pay (Live Auctions)? Cataloguing information address, postal address and telephone Please note: we can only take small 1. Descriptions include size, date, numbers. Prospective Bidders who have If you are successful, you will pay the items, paintings and jewellery to medium and attribution of the not previously registered with us are hammer price plus the buyer’s premium our offices. Large items will go into required to register at least 24 hours lot. Where possible, provenance, on each lot as follows: storage at your expense. before the auction commences. We may literature, exhibitions and additional require a R5 000 holding deposit. 12% for lots selling over R10 000, 3) From Strauss & Co, Johannesburg notes are also included. 15% for lots selling at and below R10 000 Clients wishing to collect from 2. Estimates are given for all lots and 3. BID IN THE SALE + VAT on the buyer’s premium on each lot. Strauss & Co Johannesburg may are based on recent prices achieved make use of the Stuttafords for comparable property, taking If you are unable to attend an auction Methods of payment consolidated shipment. 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