{"id":275185,"date":"2018-10-06T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=275185"},"modified":"2018-10-06T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T06:30:20","slug":"this-south-african-painting-could-fetch-r12-million-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/275185\/this-south-african-painting-could-fetch-r12-million-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"This South African painting could fetch R12 million at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

A floral still life by Irma Stern is the highlight of Strauss & Co\u2019s crop of offerings at its forthcoming spring sale in Cape Town on 15 October, and could fetch up to R12 million.<\/p>\n

Painted in 1947, Dahlias is a peak-period Stern depicting a favoured flower and additionally claims an impeccable provenance.<\/p>\n

Originally owned by renowned art collectors Ben and Cecilia Jaffe, Stern\u2019s brilliantly coloured oil was acquired by noted Cape Town collector Count Luccio Labia in 1994 at a sale handled by auctioneer Stephan Welz, who in 2009 helped establish Strauss & Co.<\/p>\n

Part of a consignment of 22 paintings from the Labia Family Collection, Dahlias exhibits Stern\u2019s masterful brushwork and authoritative handling of paint.<\/p>\n

Dahlias were a recurrent subject in Stern\u2019s paintings from the 1930s and 1940s. The artist produced five such still lifes featuring these cut flowers, of which this painting is the fifth.<\/p>\n

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The catalogue in the October sale includes 20 works in various media from the Peter and Regina Strack Collection, notably three rare oils by Adolph Jentsch.<\/p>\n

Aside from the Stern, other notable works released from the Labia Family Collection include an important landscape painting from 1918 by Pieter Wenning. The Yellow House: Bishopscourt in Winter (estimate R500 000 \u2013 700 000).<\/p>\n

British modernist Ivon Hitchens\u2019s Felled Trees (estimate R500 000 \u2013 700 000) was painted in 1946 and originates from the same period as a work held in the Tate Collection.<\/p>\n

Also on auction are Stern\u2019s Castle, Madeira (estimate R2 \u2013 R3 million) dates from 1963 and depicts the Fort of S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o Baptista do Pico with a tropical palette of warm ochres, yellows, pinks and red, off-set against a lively sea of emerald green tones.<\/p>\n

An earlier portrait from 1949, Woman with Orange Headscarf (estimate R250 000 \u2013 350 000) also forms part of the release. Proceeds from the sale of these works will benefit the Irma Stern Trust.<\/p>\n

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Read: Here\u2019s how much South Africa\u2019s top artists can charge for a painting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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