CONTEMPORARY ART 15 February 2020 CT 2020/1 2 Contemporary Art including the Property of a Collector Saturday 15 February 2020 at 6 pm Bubbly and canapés from 5 pm VEnuE abSEntEE anD TELEPHonE biDS Quay 7 Warehouse, 11 East Pier Road Tel +27 (0) 21 683 6560 V&A Waterfront, Cape Town +27 (0) 78 044 8185 GPS Co-ordinates: 33°54’05.4”S 18°25’27.9”E [email protected] PREVIEW payMEnt Thursday 13 and Friday 14 February Tel +27 (0) 21 683 6560 from 10 am to 5 pm +27 (0) 11 728 8246 Saturday 15 February from 10 am to 6 pm [email protected] LEctuRES anD WalKaboutS conDition REpoRTS See page 10 [email protected] ENQuiRIES anD cataloGUES www.straussart.co.za +27 (0) 21 683 6560 +27 (0) 78 044 8185 contact nuMBERS DURinG PREVIEW anD auction ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE: R220.00 Tel +27 (0) 78 044 8185 All lots are sold subject to the conditions of business +27 (0) 72 337 8405 printed at the back of ths 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 Sale Information 6 Directors, Specialists, Administration 8 Map and Directions 9 Buying at Strauss & Co 10 Lectures and Walkabouts 12 Contemporary Art Auction at 6pm Lots 1–102 121 Conditions of Business 125 Bidding Form 126 Shipping Instruction Form 132 Artist Index PAGE 2 Lot 21 Yves Klein Table IKB® (detail) LEFT Lot 53 William Kentridge Small Koppie 2 (detail) From the Property of a Collector 5 Directors Specialists Administration EXECUTIVE CAPE TOWN CAPE TOWN Frank Kilbourn Ann Palmer Senior Art Specialist Gail Duncan Administrator, Absentee Bids, Executive Chairperson +27 (0) 82 468 10 98 Telephone Bids & Payments [email protected] +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Vanessa Phillips [email protected] Joint Managing Director Kirsty Colledge HOD, Senior Art Specialist Decorative Arts & +27 (0) 83 326 8283 Khanya Daniels-Poyiya Decorative Arts Jewellery [email protected] Assistant & Store Manager +27 (0) 72 445 4717 +27 (0) 78 044 8185 [email protected] Ian Hunter Senior Art Specialist [email protected] +27 (0) 84 257 6495 Bina Genovese [email protected] Sandy Acey Administration & Shipping +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Joint Managing Director [email protected] Client Advisory, Jean le Clus-Theron Art Specialist Marketing, Media +27 (0) 76 125 8162 +27 (0) 83 680 9944 [email protected] Mia Borman Marketing, Media & Client [email protected] Advisory Assistant Matthew Partridge Contemporary Art Specialist +27 (0) 84 685 1671 +27 (0) 76 183 6290 [email protected] Susie Goodman [email protected] Executive Director, Stacey Brindley Decorative Arts Assistant Client Advisory Gera de Villiers Junior Art Specialist +27 (0) 21 683 6560 +27 (0) 72 896 7706 & Researcher [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 21 683 6560 [email protected] Mishale Kobe Receptionist & Administration +27 (0) 78 044 8185 NON-EXECUTIVE Frances Holmes Art Cataloguer & [email protected] Administrator Elisabeth Bradley +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Zain Toyer Store Manager [email protected] +27 (0) 71 723 6869 Conrad Strauss [email protected] Sophie-Louise Fröhlich Decorative Arts Caro Wiese Specialist +27 (0) 79 427 3834 JOHANNESBURG [email protected] Carmen Welz Debbie Watson Company Secretary, General Jack Ginsberg JOHANNESBURG Manager, Bids Office & Accounts +27 (0) 82 336 8761 Alastair Meredith HOD, Senior Art Specialist [email protected] +27 (0) 71 593 5315 [email protected] Jackie Murray Client Advisory +27 (0) 82 901 1246 Wilhelm van Rensburg Senior Art Specialist [email protected] +27 (0) 82 808 9971 [email protected] Michelle Parfett Subscriptions & Administrator +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Marion Dixon Senior Art Specialist [email protected] +27 (0) 82 775 5520 [email protected] Janine Roux Logistics +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Arisha Maharaj Junior Art Specialist [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Eddie Ubisi Store Manager +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Hazel Cuthbertson Art Researcher & Cataloguer [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Bertha Masemola Receptionist +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Richard Ndimande Art Cataloguer [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Marcus Moremi Store Assistant +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Naudia York Art Cataloguer [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] RIGHT Lot 32 Simphiwe Ndzube In Search Of (detail) 6 7 Map and Directions HELIPAD EAST PIER RD THE LOOKOUT TABLE BAY HOTEL QUAY 7 WAREHOUSE BREAKWATER BOULEVARD 11 EAST PIER RD • Ample parking at the V&A WATERFRONT V&A Waterfront DOCK RD SHOPPING MALL BEACH RD • Uber is recommended SOMERSET HOSPITAL DOCK RD PORTSWOOD RD ZEITZ MOCAA TABLE BAY QUAY 7 HOTEL HELIPAD WAREHOUSE V&A WATERFRONT 8 Buying at Strauss & Co 1. BROWSE UPCOMING SALES Registrations forms will be available 4. IF YOUR BID IS SUCCESSFUL The premises must be cleared by at the Front Counter throughout the 1pm Monday 17 February. The sale can be viewed on our preview and on the day of the sale. You will receive an invoice and 2) From Strauss & Co, Johannesburg website: www.straussart.co.za payment instructions shortly after the Clients wishing to collect from Catalogues can be purchased from IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL sale. All the lots you purchase will be Strauss & Co Johannesburg our offices or by subscription. BIDDERS invoiced to the name and address may make use of the Stuttafords In accordance with the Consumer that appear on the registration consolidated shipment. In Cataloguing information Protection Act 68 of 2008, form. Please arrange payment and order to take advantage of 1. Descriptions include size, date, prospective bidders are required to collection immediately after the sale. the consolidated shipment medium and attribution of the register before bidding. In order to which offers reduced rates it is lot. Where possible, provenance, register we require your full names, How much will I pay (Live Auctions)? imperative to approve Stuttaford literature, exhibitions and a copy of your identity document, If you are successful, you will pay Van Lines’ quotes immediately. additional notes are also included. proof of your physical address, postal the hammer price plus the buyer’s address and telephone numbers. Please indicate clearly on your 2. Estimates are given for all lots premium on each lot as follows: Prospective Bidders who have not Absentee Bid Form if you would and are based on recent prices 12% for lots selling over R20 000, 15% previously registered with us are like Stuttafords to quote or achieved for comparable property, for lots selling at and below R20 000 required to register at least 24 hours inform a member of staff. Unless taking into account quality, + VAT on the buyer’s premium on before the auction commences. We specified by buyers, items will not condition and provenance. each lot. may require a R5 000 holding deposit be insured in transit. Payment of Estimates are exclusive of Buyer’s for new prospective local bidders purchases and transport costs will Premium and VAT. Methods of payment be payable to Strauss & Co upon and R15 000 for new prospective Payment may be made by:– 3. The reserve is a confidential figure international bidders. collection of purchased lots from between Strauss & Co and the a) Electronic Transfer (EFT) the Johannesburg Office: seller below which a lot may not 3. BID IN THE SALE Current Account 89 Central Street, Houghton. be sold. It never exceeds the lower Strauss & Co Tel: +27 (0)11 728 8246. estimate. If you are unable to attend an auction Standard Bank: Killarney Bank code: 007205 The auction preview occurs prior there are other ways to bid: Door to Door Delivery Service Current Account No: 001670891 to the auction, as listed at the front A representative from Relttem Telephone Bid Swift address: SBZA ZA JJ of the catalogue. You will have the Removers, Airwings and Stuttafords If you prefer to bid by phone, we will opportunity to view the lots coming b) Credit cards acceptable to Strauss will be available on the night and call you from the saleroom and bid up for sale. Specialists are available & Co: Mastercard, Visa and Diners the day after the sale to give advice on your behalf. at the preview to advise, discuss Club and to receive instructions from and help you with the lots you are Absentee Bid c) Telegraphic Transfer (TT) clients for the packing, delivery and interested in. Submit your maximum bid and we will Remitter to bear all costs forwarding of purchases. They will bid for you. We will confirm your bids also provide quotations for delivery Condition Reports are available upon request. on request and are advisable, in by sms. Insurance particular if you are unable to attend To arrange a Telephone or Absentee Please note: Strauss & Co does not the preview. Bid please complete a bidding form provide insurance on sold lots. It Relttem Removers and email: is advisable therefore to pay and Tel +27 (0) 84 504 6096 Saleroom notices amend the [email protected] or contact our collect immediately. Contact: Brenim Mettler catalogue description of a lot after Client Services Departments: our catalogue has gone to press. Cape Town +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Collection of Purchases Johannesburg +27 (0) 11 728 8246. Stuttafords Fine Art 1) From Quay 7 Warehouse, Tel +27 (0) 21 514 8700 2.