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The South African Sale, part II

Auction 19602
17 Oct 2012, starting at 14:00 BST.
Sessions

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Auction highlights

Sold for £361,250 inc. premium
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Kransberg, Rustenburg, Transvaal
Sold for £337,250 inc. premium
Stanley F. Pinker (South African, 1924-2012) The Garden of Eden unframed
Sold for £337,250 inc. premium
Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 1913-2006) Portrait of Lenka (Red Jacket)
Sold for £289,250 inc. premium
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Cape farmlands (a pair) 55.9 x 50.8cm (22 x 20in.) each

Lots

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303 Thomas Baines (South African, 1820-1875) 'Elephant hunting near Mangwe River, Matabililand' £7,500
ZAR 117,508
US$ 11,715
305 Anton van Wouw (South African, 1862-1945) 'The Bushman Hunter' 50 cm (19 11/16 in) high £85,250
ZAR 1.3 million
US$ 133,162
309 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Golden willows £27,500
ZAR 430,865
US$ 42,955
313 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) Walker Bay from Onrus £25,000
ZAR 391,695
US$ 39,050
315 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) 'The backyard', Irma Stern's house at Rosebank, Cape Town £193,250
ZAR 3 million
US$ 301,860
318 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Cape farmlands (a pair) 55.9 x 50.8cm (22 x 20in.) each £289,250
ZAR 4.5 million
US$ 451,813
319 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) 'East Buttress, Drakensburg' and 'Mont aux Sources': a pair of landscape studies for the murals at South Africa House, London 73 x 28cm (28 3/4 x 11in) each £44,450
ZAR 696,435
US$ 69,431
321 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Portrait of Swazi woman £11,250
ZAR 176,263
US$ 17,572
322 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Sleeping nude £18,750
ZAR 293,771
US$ 29,287
328 Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) Still life of drapery and objects £46,850
ZAR 734,038
US$ 73,180
333 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Young Xhosa woman £205,250
ZAR 3.2 million
US$ 320,604
336 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Acacias with Kranskop beyond, Limpopo Province £73,250
ZAR 1.1 million
US$ 114,417
337 Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985) Still life on a window ledge £10,000
ZAR 156,678
US$ 15,620
338 Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985) Still life with wine bottle £8,750
ZAR 137,093
US$ 13,667
340 Terence John McCaw (South African, 1913-1978) The beach at Kalk Bay £12,500
ZAR 195,847
US$ 19,525
341 Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 1913-2006) 'Prisoner of War' £17,500
ZAR 274,187
US$ 27,335
342 Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 1913-2006) Portrait of Lenka (Red Jacket) £337,250
ZAR 5.3 million
US$ 526,790
343 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) 'Raw light, Lemba' £79,250
ZAR 1.2 million
US$ 123,789
344 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Women in the suburbs £67,250
ZAR 1.1 million
US$ 105,045
345 Freida Lock (South African, 1902-1962) Portrait of a sheikh, Zanzibar within original Zanzibar frame £58,850
ZAR 922,052
US$ 91,924
347 Freida Lock (South African, 1902-1962) Still life of flowers £7,500
ZAR 117,508
US$ 11,715
353 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) Kransberg, Rustenburg, Transvaal £361,250
ZAR 5.7 million
US$ 564,279
356 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Township scene £6,250
ZAR 97,923
US$ 9,762
359 Neville Lewis (South African, 1895-1972) Portrait of a young Malay girl £15,000
ZAR 235,017
US$ 23,430
361 Christo Coetzee (South African, 1929-2001) Still life with fruit bowl and empty box £43,250
ZAR 677,633
US$ 67,557
364 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Malay Lady in Yellow £330,000
ZAR 5.2 million
US$ 515,466
365 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Woman seated in a doorway £7,500
ZAR 117,508
US$ 11,715
366 Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966) Mother and child £8,750
ZAR 137,093
US$ 13,667
372 Maurice Charles Louis van Essche (South African, 1906-1977) Malay woman with coffee pot £10,625
ZAR 166,470
US$ 16,596
373 Maurice Charles Louis van Essche (South African, 1906-1977) Sleeping nude £10,000
ZAR 156,678
US$ 15,620
374 Maurice Charles Louis van Essche (South African, 1906-1977) Three African women £5,625
ZAR 88,131
US$ 8,786
380 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1917-1979) 'Eagles eating snakes' £3,750
ZAR 58,754
US$ 5,857
381 Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes (South African, 1926-2009) 'Ancestors' £6,250
ZAR 97,923
US$ 9,762
382 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1917-1979) 'Fields, woman and cows' £10,625
ZAR 166,470
US$ 16,596
383 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1917-1979) African woman smoking a pipe £10,000
ZAR 156,678
US$ 15,620
384 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1917-1979) African woman £5,625
ZAR 88,131
US$ 8,786
385 Gladys Mgudlandlu (South African, 1917-1979) 'The newly weds' £27,500
ZAR 430,865
US$ 42,955
387 Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) 'Fountain' £44,450
ZAR 696,435
US$ 69,431
389 Douglas Portway (South African, 1922-1993) 'Erotica' £8,125
ZAR 127,301
US$ 12,691
390 Edoardo Villa (South African, 1920-2011) Reclining figure 45.7 x 22.8 38.7cm (18 x 9 x 15 1/4in). £16,250
ZAR 254,602
US$ 25,382
391 Stanley F. Pinker (South African, 1924-2012) The Garden of Eden unframed £337,250
ZAR 5.3 million
US$ 526,790
392 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Senegalese women £15,000
ZAR 235,017
US$ 23,430
393 Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) The jazz band £46,850
ZAR 734,038
US$ 73,180
394 Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane (South African, 1938-1971) Boxers £11,250
ZAR 176,263
US$ 17,572
400 Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Figures £15,000
ZAR 235,017
US$ 23,430
401 Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935-1988) Standing woman 43.2 x 11.4 x 11.2cm (17 x 4 1/2 x 4 7/16in). £9,375
ZAR 146,885
US$ 14,643
402 Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935-1988) Little dancer 33 x 12.7 x 14cm (13 x 5 x 5 1/2in) £8,750
ZAR 137,093
US$ 13,667
404 Lucas Tandokwazi Sithole (South African, 1931-1994) 'Sunday Morning Dance' 47 x 11.4 x 7.6cm (18 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3in). £3,500
ZAR 54,837
US$ 5,467
405 David Shepherd, O.B.E. (British, born 1931) 'Evening in the Luangwa' £28,750
ZAR 450,450
US$ 44,908
406 George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912-2001) 'In the bus' £13,750
ZAR 215,432
US$ 21,477
407 George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912-2001) Between life and death £6,875
ZAR 107,716
US$ 10,738
408 Eleanor Esmonde-White (South African, 1914-2007) Hanging the washing, Malay Quarter £6,500
ZAR 101,840
US$ 10,153
409 Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes (South African, 1926-2009) Head study unframed £11,250
ZAR 176,263
US$ 17,572
414 Norman Clive Catherine (South African, born 1949) 'Self portrait' £7,750
ZAR 121,425
US$ 12,105
415 William Joseph Kentridge (South African, born 1955) Warthog and necklace £49,250
ZAR 771,640
US$ 76,929
416 Stella Shawzin (South African, born 1923) 'Athlete III' 180cm. (70 7/8in.) high (not including base) £27,500
ZAR 430,865
US$ 42,955
419 Stella Shawzin (South African, born 1923) 'Balancing figures IV' 136cm. (53 9/16in.) high £21,250
ZAR 332,941
US$ 33,192
422 Dylan Lewis (South African, born 1964) 'Leopard-bust VII' maquette 48.2 x 12.7 x 27.9cm (19 x 5 x 11in). (including base) £8,750
ZAR 137,093
US$ 13,667
426 William Joseph Kentridge (South African, born 1955) Drawing for 'Felix in Exile' (Death of Nandi) £121,250
ZAR 1.9 million
US$ 189,394
429 Sam Nhlengethwa (South African, born 1955) Township scene £4,500
ZAR 70,505
US$ 7,029
430 William Joseph Kentridge (South African, born 1955) Seated female nude (image size) £11,250
ZAR 176,263
US$ 17,572

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