Senegalese portrait by Irma Stern invigorates Strauss Co’s April sale

Strauss & Co is thrilled to announce details of its first live auction of 2022. This annual auction, an important event on the Cape Town art calendar, will be held over four consecutive days (3-6 April 2022) at Brickfield Canvas, a creative and tech campus in Woodstock.

Senegalese portrait by Irma Stern and much more

Auction highlights include four outstanding paintings by the highly collectable artist Irma Stern, a trove of excellent works by leading artists Maggie Laubser, Sydney Khumalo, George Pemba, Alexis Preller and Thania Peterson, as well as three single-owner collections of English and Asian decorative arts.

The auction programme for this hybrid in-person and live-streamed auction will commence on Sunday, 3 April 2022 with a producer-focussed session hosted by Strauss & Co’s wine department.

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On Monday, 4 April 2022, the decorative arts department will host a very exciting morning session devoted to Asian art, and an afternoon session featuring properties from two important collections of chiefly historical English furniture.

The live auction programme culminates with three sessions of modern, post-war and contemporary art, scheduled to go under the hammer on Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 and 6 April 2022.

Bringing art to the people

A comprehensive e-catalogue is available online in advance of this marquee live auction. Strauss & Co will also offer a printed catalogue featuring lots appearing in the two premier evening sessions of art.

This catalogue, which features cover lots by painters Maggie Laubser and George Pemba, will be available to bidders at the start of the preview week, which runs from Monday, 28 March to Sunday, 3 April 2022.