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The South African Sale

Auction 17848
London, New Bond Street
27 Oct 2010, starting at 14:00 BST.
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Auction highlights

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Bosveld
Sold for £714,400 inc. premium
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Bosveld
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) 'Apollo Kouros I'
Sold for £252,000 inc. premium
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) 'Apollo Kouros I'
Ruth Everard Haden (South African, 1904-1992) 'Serenitas fulgens': The Komati/Vaalwater River Valley, Bonnefoi
Sold for £144,000 inc. premium
Ruth Everard Haden (South African, 1904-1992) 'Serenitas fulgens'
Cecil Skotnes (South African, 1926-2009) Conversation - three figures, painted & incised panel, 132.1 x 256.5cm (52 x 101in).
Sold for £132,000 inc. premium
Cecil Skotnes (South African, 1926-2009) Figures in a metaphysical landscape

Lots

 
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1 Jessie Grant White (South African, 1866-1955), after Thomas Baines (South African, 1820-1875) 'Church Square, Grahamstown' £4,800
ZAR 74,590
US$ 7,553
2 W.R. Herand (South African, active circa 1900) Springbokfontein, Namaqualand £3,120
ZAR 48,483
US$ 4,909
3 After Anton van Wouw 'The Dagga Smoker' 17.1cm (6 3/4in) high (excluding base) £8,400
ZAR 130,532
US$ 13,218
4 After Anton van Wouw 'Kruger in ballingschap' 13.2cm (5 3/16in) high (excluding base) £6,600
ZAR 102,561
US$ 10,385
6 Frans David Oerder (Dutch, 1867-1944) Still life with marigolds £12,000
ZAR 186,475
US$ 18,883
8 Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (South African, 1853-1936) 'A Veld fire, Riversdale' £4,320
ZAR 67,131
US$ 6,797
11 Pieter Hugo Naudé (South African, 1869-1941) Namaqualand in bloom £21,600
ZAR 335,655
US$ 33,989
13 Pieter Hugo Naudé (South African, 1869-1941) Mountain landscape with trees £2,640
ZAR 41,024
US$ 4,154
14 Pieter Hugo Naudé (South African, 1869-1941) Landscape with yellow flowers £7,200
ZAR 111,885
US$ 11,329
16 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Dusk, South-West Africa £30,000
ZAR 466,188
US$ 47,207
17 Frans David Oerder (Dutch, 1867-1944) Still life with gladioli £6,960
ZAR 108,155
US$ 10,952
18 Frans David Oerder (Dutch, 1867-1944) A vase of zinnias £12,000
ZAR 186,475
US$ 18,883
21 Wolf Kibel (Polish, 1903-1938) Seated nude with towel (recto); Seated nude in an interior (verso) £8,400
ZAR 130,532
US$ 13,218
22 Wolf Kibel (Polish, 1903-1938) Interior scene with figures £3,120
ZAR 48,483
US$ 4,909
23 Wolf Kibel (Polish, 1903-1938) Interior with purple doors £2,160
ZAR 33,565
US$ 3,398
24 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) 'Woman seated with two cats' £21,000
ZAR 326,331
US$ 33,045
25 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) Portrait of a woman in traditional Ndebele dress 39.5 x 31cm (15 9/16 x 12 3/16in) (image size) £4,800
ZAR 74,590
US$ 7,553
26 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African, 1909-2005) Still life (recto); Bedroom interior (verso) unframed £6,600
ZAR 102,561
US$ 10,385
27 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African, 1909-2005) Still life with Buddha £6,000
ZAR 93,237
US$ 9,441
28 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Still life with bignonia and Port St John's creeper £180,000
ZAR 2.8 million
US$ 283,247
29 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Study of a woman eating an apple £19,200
ZAR 298,360
US$ 30,213
30 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Study of an Arab boy 61.5 x 46cm (24 3/16 x 18 1/8in) (image size) £9,600
ZAR 149,180
US$ 15,106
31 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Karoo landscape £54,000
ZAR 839,139
US$ 84,974
32 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) The Old Drostdy, Tulbagh £60,000
ZAR 932,376
US$ 94,415
35 Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985) The open gate £4,200
ZAR 65,266
US$ 6,609
38 Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) Head study £3,600
ZAR 55,942
US$ 5,664
39 Ruth Everard Haden (South African, 1904-1992) 'Serenitas fulgens' £144,000
ZAR 2.2 million
US$ 226,597
40 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) 'Bahora girl' £2.4 million
ZAR 37 million
US$ 3.7 million
41 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) Still life with proteas £7,800
ZAR 121,208
US$ 12,274
42 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) Country folk seated at sunrise £30,000
ZAR 466,188
US$ 47,207
44 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Landscape near Clarens £24,000
ZAR 372,950
US$ 37,766
45 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Thorn acacias in the veld £66,000
ZAR 1 million
US$ 103,857
46 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Still life with leaves, fruit and flowers £333,600
ZAR 5.2 million
US$ 524,951
48 Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985) Still life on a window ledge, Kirstenbosch £21,600
ZAR 335,655
US$ 33,989
49 Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985) The dressing table £4,200
ZAR 65,266
US$ 6,609
51 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Still life with a vase of Gladioli on a draped table £535,200
ZAR 8.3 million
US$ 842,187
52 Pranas Domsaitis (South African, 1880-1965) A vase of spring flowers £4,320
ZAR 67,131
US$ 6,797
53 Francois Krige (South African, 1913-1994) African man with stick £18,000
ZAR 279,713
US$ 28,324
54 George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912-2001) Garden of Eden £96,000
ZAR 1.5 million
US$ 151,065
55 Freida Lock (South African, 1902-1962) Fourth beach, Clifton £96,000
ZAR 1.5 million
US$ 151,065
56 Terence John McCaw (South African, 1913-1978) 'Lone baobab' £2,640
ZAR 41,024
US$ 4,154
57 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) 'Skaapwagter (Shepherd)' £108,000
ZAR 1.7 million
US$ 169,948
58 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Bosveld £714,400
ZAR 11 million
US$ 1.1 million
59 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Port in the Seychelles £20,400
ZAR 317,008
US$ 32,101
60 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) 'Women in the fields' £81,600
ZAR 1.3 million
US$ 128,405
61 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Dancing under the stars £3,600
ZAR 55,942
US$ 5,664
63 Jean Max Friedrich Welz (South African, 1900-1975) 'The Three Graces' £132,000
ZAR 2.1 million
US$ 207,714
64 Cecil Higgs (South African, 1900-1986) Still life with fruit £2,880
ZAR 44,754
US$ 4,531
65 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African, 1909-2005) 'Houses in Pink and Grey', Johannesburg £10,800
ZAR 167,827
US$ 16,994
66 Alexander Rose-Innes (South African, 1915-1996) Mosque £4,320
ZAR 67,131
US$ 6,797
67 George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912-2001) 'Girl in a dance dress' £13,200
ZAR 205,122
US$ 20,771
68 Freida Lock (South African, 1902-1962) Hall interior £84,000
ZAR 1.3 million
US$ 132,181
71 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1925-1979) Flowers unframed £1,680
ZAR 26,106
US$ 2,643
72 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1925-1979) Portrait of a girl unframed £2,640
ZAR 41,024
US$ 4,154
73 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Figure group £3,600
ZAR 55,942
US$ 5,664
74 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) The French Riviera £7,200
ZAR 111,885
US$ 11,329
75 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Birds (recto); African women by a lake (verso) £10,800
ZAR 167,827
US$ 16,994
76 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) The meeting place £9,600
ZAR 149,180
US$ 15,106
77 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) A port in North Africa £4,200
ZAR 65,266
US$ 6,609
79 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African, 1909-2005) 'Approaching rain, Mowbray, Cape' £8,160
ZAR 126,803
US$ 12,840
80 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African, 1909-2005) 'Lokasie Kerk' £7,200
ZAR 111,885
US$ 11,329
82 Maurice Charles Louis van Essche (South African, 1906-1977) Congo women £7,800
ZAR 121,208
US$ 12,274
83 Georgina Ormiston (South African, 1903-1967) 'Marine Phantasy' £3,120
ZAR 48,483
US$ 4,909
84 Cecil Higgs (South African, 1900-1986) Seascape £2,640
ZAR 41,024
US$ 4,154
86 Carl Adolph Büchner (South African, 1921-2003) Clown in profile £2,160
ZAR 33,565
US$ 3,398
87 Francois Krige (South African, 1913-1994) Kalahari deer 11 x 26 x 13cm (4 5/16 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/4in). (including base) £3,120
ZAR 48,483
US$ 4,909
88 Cecily Sash (South African, born 1925) The Secretary Bird £1,560
ZAR 24,241
US$ 2,454
89 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1925-1979) Oystercatchers unframed £8,400
ZAR 130,532
US$ 13,218
90 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1925-1979) Feeding time £2,640
ZAR 41,024
US$ 4,154
91 Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane (South African, 1938-1971) Donkey cart in a township £9,600
ZAR 149,180
US$ 15,106
92 Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane (South African, 1938-1971) Woman feeding cats £8,400
ZAR 130,532
US$ 13,218
93 Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane (South African, 1938-1971) Two figures at rest £6,600
ZAR 102,561
US$ 10,385
95 Frans Martin Claerhout (South African, 1919-2006) Farmyard with donkey cart and chickens £4,200
ZAR 65,266
US$ 6,609
96 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African, 1909-2005) 'Canterbury Street, District Six, Cape Town' £9,600
ZAR 149,180
US$ 15,106
98 Douglas Portway (South African, 1922-1993) 'Sirocco' £4,800
ZAR 74,590
US$ 7,553
99 Douglas Portway (South African, 1922-1993) 'Genie' £5,400
ZAR 83,913
US$ 8,497
100 Kenneth Bakker (South African, 1926-1988) 'Geostructure No.1' £2,160
ZAR 33,565
US$ 3,398
102 Cecil Skotnes (South African, 1926-2009) 'The Assassination of Shaka' 50 x 33cm (19 11/16 x 13in) (sheet size). £3,840
ZAR 59,672
US$ 6,042
104 Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) 'Apollo Kouros I' £252,000
ZAR 3.9 million
US$ 396,545
105 George Jaholkowski (Russian, 1914-1979) Face 26cm (10 1/4in) high £2,160
ZAR 33,565
US$ 3,398
106 Edoardo Villa (South African, born 1920) Reclining figure 47cm (18 1/2in) high £9,360
ZAR 145,450
US$ 14,728
107 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Rock artist; Figures and hieroglyphics; Figures on a blue background, a set of three 27 x 40cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/4in) each. £3,120
ZAR 48,483
US$ 4,909
108 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Abstract £12,000
ZAR 186,475
US$ 18,883
109 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Camden Lock £6,000
ZAR 93,237
US$ 9,441
111 Pieter Gerhardus van Heerden (South African, 1917-1991) The Klein Karoo, near Worcester unframed £3,840
ZAR 59,672
US$ 6,042
112 Francois Krige (South African, 1913-1994) Spanish girl £15,600
ZAR 242,417
US$ 24,548
113 Francois Krige (South African, 1913-1994) Garden at Montagu from the artist's bathroom £15,600
ZAR 242,417
US$ 24,548
114 Cecil Skotnes (South African, 1926-2009) Four figures £42,000
ZAR 652,663
US$ 66,090
115 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Women in the township £16,800
ZAR 261,065
US$ 26,436
117 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Senegalese figures 48.5 x 31.5cm (19 1/8 x 12 3/8in) (image size) £4,800
ZAR 74,590
US$ 7,553
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