Fine Art Auctioneers Consultants CATALOGUE 3 2 PUBLIC AUCTION BY Fine Art Auctioneers Consultants NORTH/SOUTH Sunday 8 November 2020 Live Virtual Auction Session 1: 11.00am between the Johannesburg and A Private Single-owner Collection of Fine Wines from Cape Town offices of Strauss & Co Renowned Burgundy and Rhône Valley Domaines Modern, Post-War Monday 9 November 2020 and Contemporary Session 2: 10.00am Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art Jewellery and Session 3: 2.00pm Fine Wine Interiors: Art, Furniture and Decorative Arts Including A Private Single-owner Session 4: 7.00pm The Tasso Foundation Collection of Important South African Art Collection of Fine Wines from assembled by the Late Giulio Bertrand of Morgenster Renowned Burgundy and Rhône Valley Domaines; The Tasso Tuesday 10 November 2020 Foundation Collection of Important South African Art assembled by the Session 5: 2.00pm Late Giulio Bertrand of Morgenster; New Collector: South African Ceramics, Selected Prints and Multiples A Focus on South African Ceramics; Session 6: 7.00pm and works from the Late Desmond Contemporary Art Fisher Collection and the Küpper Family Collection. Wednesday 11 November 2020 8–11 November 2020 Session 7: 2.00pm Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Part I Session 8: 7.00pm Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Part II Including works from the Late Desmond Fisher Collection and the Küpper Family Collection 3 4 NORTH/SOUTH Live Virtual Auction between the Johannesburg and Cape Town offices of Strauss & Co Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Fine Wine 8–11 November 2020 VENUE The sale will have live sessions in the Johannesburg and Cape Town venues and will be live-streamed at www.straussart.co.za PREVIEW Lots will be on view according to prevailing COVID-19 regulations from Monday 26 October 2020 at the auction venues: Johannesburg: Strauss & Co, 89 Central Street, Houghton Cape Town: Brickfield Canvas, 2nd Floor, 35 Brickfield Road, Woodstock For location of lots, either Johannesburg or Cape Town, see our website www.straussart.co.za WALKABOUTS AND LECTURES A programme of walkabouts, lectures and Zoom talks will take place during the fortnight preceding the auction. The topics and the links will be available at www.straussart.co.za ENQUIRIES AND CATALOGUES Johannesburg Office: +27 (0) 11 728 8246 Cape Town Office: +27 (0) 21 683 6560 ABSENTEE AND TELEPHONE BIDS Tel: +27 (0) 11 728 8246 Mobile: +27 (0) 82 336 8761 Tel: +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Mobile: +27 (0) 78 044 8185 [email protected] Fax: +27 (0) 86 565 9324 PAY M E N T Tel: +27 (0) 11 728 8246 Debbie Watson [email protected] CONDITION REPORTS [email protected] www.straussart.co.za SET OF 3 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES R 500.00 Catalogue 1: Sessions 1, 2, 3 and 4 Catalogue 2: Sessions 5 and 6 Catalogue 3: Sessions 7 and 8 FOR LOCATION OF LOTS, EITHER JOHANNESBURG OR CAPE TOWN, SEE OUR WEBSITE WWW.STRAUSSART.CO.ZA all lotS ARE SolD SubJEct to THE conDitionS OF buSinESS PRintED at THE bacK OF THIS cataloGUE 5 6 Contents 3 Auction Information 8 Directors, Specialists, Administration 9 Buying at Strauss & Co Wednesday 11 November 2020 10 Session 7: 2.00pm Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Part I Lots 691–830 70 Session 8: 7.00pm Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Part II Including works from the Late Desmond Fisher Collection and the Küpper Family Collection Lots 831–928 156 Conditions of Business 161 Strauss & Co Privacy Policy 165 Bidding Form 166 Shipping Instruction Form 168 Artist Index coVER Lot 871 Alexis Preller Craters (detail) inSIDE FRont coVER Lot 846 Jean Welz Blue Nude (detail) inSIDE bacK coVER Lot 873 Walter Battiss In Africa (detail) bacK coVER Lot 837 Robert Hodgins Samurai (detail) paGE 2 Lot 863 Ezrom Legae African Goat; She Goat (detail) paGE 4 Lot 872 Peter Clarke We Can’t Stay in Bed for Ever (detail) LEFT Lot 888 Erik Laubscher Harbour Construction (detail) 7 Directors Specialists Administration EXECUTIVE JOHANNESBURG CAPE TOWN JOHANNESBURG CAPE TOWN Frank Kilbourn Alastair Meredith Ann Palmer Debbie Watson Gail Duncan Executive Chairperson HOD, Senior Art Specialist Senior Art Specialist Company Secretary, General Administrator, Absentee Bids, +27 (0) 71 593 5315 +27 (0) 82 468 1098 Manager, Bids Office & Accounts Telephone Bids & Payments Vanessa Phillips [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 82 336 8761 +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Joint Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] Decorative Arts & Jewellery Wilhelm van Rensburg Kirsty Colledge +27 (0) 72 445 4717 Senior Art Specialist HOD, Senior Art Specialist Jackie Murray Khanya Daniels-Poyiya [email protected] +27 (0) 82 808 9971 +27 (0) 83 326 8283 Client Advisory Store Manager, Decorative Arts [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 82 901 1246 Assistant Bina Genovese [email protected] +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Joint Managing Director Marion Dixon Ian Hunter [email protected] Client Advisory, Marketing, Media Senior Art Specialist Senior Art Specialist Michelle Parfett +27 (0) 83 680 9944 +27 (0) 82 775 5520 +27 (0) 84 257 6495 Subscriptions & Administrator Sandy Acey [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Art Administration & Shipping [email protected] +27 (0) 78 044 8185 Susie Goodman Arisha Maharaj Jean le Clus-Theron [email protected] Executive Director Art Specialist Art Specialist Janine Roux Client Advisory +27 (0) 79 407 5140 +27 (0) 76 125 8162 Logistics Sarah Jordaan +27 (0) 72 896 7706 [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Wine Auction Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 82 9222 594 Hazel Cuthbertson Matthew Partridge [email protected] Research Specialist Senior Art Specialist Eddie Ubisi NON-EXECUTIVE +27 (0) 79 407 5140 +27 (0) 76 183 6290 Store Manager Mia Borman [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Marketing, Media & Elisabeth Bradley [email protected] Client Advisory Assistant Richard Ndimande Frances Holmes Conrad Strauss +27 (0) 84 685 1671 Art Cataloguer Art Cataloguer Bertha Masemola [email protected] Caro Wiese +27 (0) 79 407 5140 +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Receptionist [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 Stacey Brindley Carmen Welz [email protected] Decorative Arts Assistant & Naudia Yorke Gera de Villiers Shipping Jack Ginsberg Art Cataloguer Art Specialist & Researcher Marcus Moremi +27 (0) 21 683 6560 +27 (0) 79 407 5140 +27 (0) 21 683 6560 Cataloguing & Logistics Assistant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] +27 (0) 79 407 5140 [email protected] Zain Toyer Sophie-Louise Fröhlich Store Manager Decorative Arts Specialist +27 (0) 71 723 6869 +27 (0) 79 427 3834 [email protected] [email protected] Mishale Kobe Receptionist +27 (0) 78 044 8185 [email protected] 8 Buying at Strauss & Co A step by step guide for buying at auction 1. BROWSE UPCOMING 3. BID IN THE SALE 4. IF YOUR BID IS 5. COLLECTION OF of the sale could be available for SALES SUCCESSFUL PURCHASES collection from our Cape Town office Submit a bid within approximately 10 days of the The sale can be viewed on our You will receive an invoice and payment The Strauss & Co NORTH/SOUTH Live Placing a bid before the auction sale, if requested by the buyer. Please website: www.straussart.co.za instructions shortly after the sale. Virtual Auction takes place between begins allows you to get in on the contact our shipping department to the Johannesburg and Cape Town Catalogues can be purchased from action ahead of the live bidding that discuss the costs and the expected How do I pay and collect? offices. our offices or by subscription. takes place once the auction kicks off. date of arrival. All the lots you purchase will be This can be done on our website by Buyers are advised to check the invoiced to the name and address Cataloguing information clicking ‘Submit your bid’ on the lot location of purchased lots before PLEASE NOTE that appear on the registration form. that you are interested in. 1. Descriptions include size, date, collection. For the location of Uncollected purchased lots medium and attribution of the Please arrange payment and individual lots, either Johannesburg or Absentee bids remaining at the Cape Town lot. Where possible, provenance, collection immediately after the sale. Cape Town, please visit our website: auction venue, Brickfield If you would like to place a maximum literature, exhibitions and www.straussart.co.za. Canvas, after close of business bid that our auctioneer will execute How much will I pay (Live Auctions)? additional notes are also included. on Thursday 12 November will on your behalf, you can click on the If you are successful, you will pay 2. Estimates are given for all lots 1. Collection from Strauss & Co, be transported to Strauss & ‘Absentee Bid’ button on our website. the hammer price plus the buyer’s and are based on recent prices Johannesburg Co’s office, with the exception of This will open a digital form for you premium on each lot as follows: achieved for comparable property, 89 Central Street, Houghton furniture and extra large paintings. to complete, and it will be submitted taking into account quality, 12% for lots selling over R20 000, Tel: +27 (0)11 728 8246 As we cannot accommodate these to [email protected] or you can condition and provenance.