Holding Time: Collecting Home from Afar

LIVE AUCTION IN JOHANNESBURG

17 June 2026 at 7pm (SAST)

Venue: Trumpet on Keyes, 21 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank.

Assembled by a private collector over several years, largely while living abroad, the collection reflects a connection to South Africa experienced at a distance. Becoming touchstones of home, the collection, shaped by an instinctive and personal approach, carries the atmosphere of remembered places. It reveals not only changing aesthetic movements, but different ways of seeing and recording the country itself, reflecting the social and political realities of their time, suggesting the role art can play in maintaining connection across distance and time.

Spanning modern and contemporary South African art, the collection brings together works that reflect the breadth and complexity of the country’s artistic history. Included are important works by Peter Clarke, Penny Siopis, Gladys Mgudlandlu, Ephraim Ngatane, Louis Maqhubela, and Vladimir Tretchikoff, among others. More than a survey of notable names, Holding Time: Collecting Home from Afar reflects years of careful looking and personal engagement with South African art.

Sale number: HOF26
Location: Live Auction in Johannesburg

Sale contact

Name: Ms Carina Jansen
Email: carina@aspireart.net
Telephone: +27 78 968 2476

Name: Amy Carrington
Email: amy@aspireart.net

Name: Sarah Sinisi
Email: sarah@aspireart.net
Telephone: +27 84 568 5639

View Results

Lot 1 - Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) Those Who Came Before Me V

Sold for R50,211

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 2 - Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) Those Who Came Before Me II

Sold for R50,211

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 3 - John Muafangejo (Namibia 1943-1987) Rorke's Drift

Sold for R29,888

Estimated at R9,000 - R12,000

Lot 4 - John Muafangejo (Namibia 1943-1987) Zululand

Sold for R15,542

Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000

Lot 5 - Azaria Mbatha (South Africa 1941-2018) The Speech

Sold for R9,564

Estimated at R5,000 - R7,000

Lot 6 - Sam Nhlengethwa (South Africa 1955-) Cows in a Rural Landscape

Sold for R50,211

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 7 - Maggie Laubser (South Africa 1886-1973) Landscape with Sheep

Sold for R390,250

Estimated at R350,000 - R450,000

Lot 8 - David Koloane (South Africa 1938-2019) African Wall

Sold for R10,760

Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000

Lot 9 - Louis Maqhubela (South Africa 1939-2021) Angel Field

Sold for R25,645

Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000

Lot 10 - Ephraim Ngatane (South Africa 1938-1971) Township Scene

Sold for R167,250

Estimated at R150,000 - R200,000

Lot 11 - John Koenakeefe Mohl (South Africa 1903-1985) Fire Wood Carriers in Single File Facing the Moon

Sold for R83,685

Estimated at R70,000 - R100,000

Lot 12 - John Koenakeefe Mohl (South Africa 1903-1985) The Tone of the Setting Sun

Sold for R107,595

Estimated at R90,000 - R120,000

Lot 13 - Peter Clarke (South Africa 1929-2014) The Drinker

Sold for R1,561,000

Estimated at R400,000 - R600,000

Lot 14 - Gladys Mgudlandlu (South Africa 1925-1979) Girl Carrying Wood

Sold for R404,338

Estimated at R90,000 - R120,000

Lot 15 - Peter Clarke (South Africa 1929-2014) Landscape with Trees and Cottages, Teslaarsdorp, Caledon

Sold for R312,200

Estimated at R200,000 - R300,000

Lot 16 - Gladys Mgudlandlu (South Africa 1925-1979) Yellow Flowers

Sold for R111,500

Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000

Lot 17 - Noria Mabasa (South Africa 1938-) The Boy is Crying Because his Mother is Sick, But it is Alright Because the Relatives are there

Sold for R19,128

Estimated at R10,000 - R15,000

Lot 18 - Lucky Sibiya (South Africa 1942-1999) Abstract

Sold for R59,775

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 19 - Louis Maqhubela (South Africa 1939-2021) The Hunt

Sold for R187,600

Estimated at R80,000 - R100,000

Lot 20 - Pranas Domsaitis (South Africa 1880-1965) Washer Woman with Child

Sold for R37,910

Estimated at R30,000 - R50,000

Lot 21 - Pranas Domsaitis (South Africa 1880-1965) An African Woman

Sold for R113,572

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 22 - Sydney Kumalo (South Africa 1935-1988) An Abstract Mask

Sold for R19,128

Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000

Lot 23 - Hannes Harrs (South Africa 1927-2006) Neckpiece

Sold for R15,542

Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000

Lot 24 - Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) Negotiations Take Place

Estimated at R160,000 - R200,000

Lot 25 - Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) See-line Woman Dressed in Red; Makes her Man Lose his Head

Estimated at R250,000 - R350,000

Lot 26 - Vladimir Tretchikoff (South Africa 1913-2006) Pink Magnolias

Estimated at R800,000 - R1,200,000

Lot 27 - Simon Stone (South Africa 1952-) Lucretia Revisited

Estimated at R70,000 - R90,000

Lot 28 - Conrad Botes (South Africa 1969-) Terrible Things are About to Happen

Estimated at R100,000 - R150,000

Lot 29 - Penny Siopis (South Africa 1953-) Pinky Pinky (Red Eyes)

Sold for R133,800

Estimated at R120,000 - R180,000

Lot 30 - Georgina Gratrix (South Africa 1982-) Blossoms with Black Birds

Sold for R175,875

Estimated at R150,000 - R200,000

Lot 31 - Marlene Steyn (South Africa 1989-) The Leaf Blows Her

Estimated at R200,000 - R300,000

Lot 32 - Penny Siopis (South Africa 1953-) Scenery of the Four Seasons

Estimated at R250,000 - R350,000

Lot 33 - Colbert Mashile (South Africa 1972-) Sacrificial Lamb

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 34 - Norman Catherine (South Africa 1949-) Penance

Estimated at R90,000 - R120,000

Lot 35 - Fred Page (South Africa 1908-1984) The Moving Finger

Estimated at R20,000 - R30,000

Lot 36 - Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (South Africa 1914-2010) Abstract Shield

Sold for R17,932

Estimated at R10,000 - R15,000

Lot 37 - Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (South Africa 1914-2010) Window of Man

Estimated at R70,000 - R90,000

Lot 38 - Cecily Sash (South Africa 1925-2019) Abstract

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 39 - Trevor Coleman (South Africa 1936-2023) Abstract I

Estimated at R4,000 - R6,000

Lot 40 - Trevor Coleman (South Africa 1936-2023) Abstract II

Estimated at R4,000 - R6,000

Lot 41 - Leonard Matsoso (South Africa 1949-) Abstract Figure with Spear

Sold for R45,429

Estimated at R25,000 - R35,000

Lot 42 - Leonard Matsoso (South Africa 1949-) Abstract Composition with Man and Horse

Sold for R31,083

Estimated at R25,000 - R35,000

Lot 43 - Nathaniel Mokgosi (South Africa 1946-) Ancestral Woman

Sold for R9,564

Estimated at R5,000 - R7,000

Lot 45 - Dumile Feni (South Africa 1939-1991) Untitled (Anguish)

Sold for R89,662

Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000

Lot 46 - Nathaniel Mokgosi (South Africa 1946-) Attack

Sold for R47,820

Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000

Lot 47 - Dumile Feni (South Africa 1939-1991) Figure Holding Child

Sold for R164,150

Estimated at R100,000 - R150,000

Lot 48 - Noria Mabasa (South Africa 1938-) Woman with Bull

Estimated at R25,000 - R35,000

Lot 49 - Jackson Hlungwani (South Africa 1923-2010) Standing Figure

Estimated at R80,000 - R120,000