Modern & Contemporary Art

LIVE AUCTION IN JOHANNESBURG

25 June 2025

The evening sale of Modern & Contemporary Art will take place in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 at 7 p.m., in person and streaming live for online bidding from the Trumpet Building, 21 Keyes Avenue in Rosebank.

Forming part of the sale is a special section dedicated to the formidable artist Robert Hodgins. With Love, Robert Hodgins: Artworks from the Studio features a unique collection of paintings, sketchbooks, prints, inks and watercolours on paper, directly from the artist's studio at the home he shared with fellow artist Jan Neethling in Midrand. A number of pivotal artworks, including the magnificent Une Saison en Enfers (circa 2002), have never been shown publicly nor offered on the market.

Sale number: JHB250625
Location: Live Auction in Johannesburg
Catalogue: Download PDF catalogue

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Lot 1 - Senzeni Marasela (South Africa 1977-) Ixesha

Sold for R23,450

Estimated at R20,000 - R30,000

Lot 2 - William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) Village Deep

Sold for R87,938

Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000

Lot 3 - Zander Blom (South Africa 1982-) Untitled

Estimated at R30,000 - R50,000

Lot 4 - Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) Portrait of a Young Nelson Mandela

Sold for R58,625

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 5 - Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) The Fog of War

Sold for R58,625

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 6 - Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) The King

Sold for R46,900

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 7 - Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) Motherhood

Sold for R17,588

Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000

Lot 8 - Tracey Rose (South Africa 1974-) FUDGE

Sold for R35,175

Estimated at R30,000 - R40,000

Lot 9 - Clive van den Berg (South Africa 1956-) Museum display

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 11 - Maurice Mbikayi (Democratic Republic Of Congo 1974-) Billisme Ya Sika (New Billisme)

Sold for R32,830

Estimated at R35,000 - R45,000

Lot 12 - Maurice Mbikayi (Democratic Republic Of Congo 1974-) The Aesthete Thinker 2

Sold for R37,520

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 13 - Maurice Mbikayi (Democratic Republic Of Congo 1974-) Web Jacket

Sold for R87,938

Estimated at R70,000 - R90,000

Lot 14 - Diane Victor (South Africa 1964-) Burning woman

Estimated at R80,000 - R120,000

Lot 15 - Ayanda Mabulu (South Africa 1981-) The Capture of Supreme Energy

Estimated at R220,000 - R280,000

Lot 16 - Zanele Muholi (South Africa 1972-) Sasa, Bleecker, New York, 2016

Sold for R187,600

Estimated at R120,000 - R180,000

Lot 17 - Zanele Muholi (South Africa 1972-) Somnyama III, Paris, 2014

Estimated at R400,000 - R600,000

Lot 18 - Angus Taylor (South Africa 1970-) Entangled Head II

Sold for R105,525

Estimated at R100,000 - R200,000

Lot 19 - Bambo Sibiya (South Africa 1986-) Tribute II

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 20 - Marion Boehm (Germany 1964-) Young woman

Estimated at R200,000 - R300,000

Lot 21 - Penny Siopis (South Africa 1953-) Forgotten Families (Bridal Couple)

Estimated at R140,000 - R180,000

Lot 22 - Sam Nhlengethwa (South Africa 1955-) Station

Sold for R58,625

Estimated at R50,000 - R60,000

Lot 23 - Sam Nhlengethwa (South Africa 1955-) The Jazz Legends

Estimated at R70,000 - R90,000

Lot 24 - Patrick Hennessy (Ireland 1915-1980) 3 Pears on a newspaper

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 25 - Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi (South Africa 1977-) City Library

Sold for R70,350

Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000

Lot 26 - Hussein Salim (Sudan 1966-) Abstract city scene

Estimated at R100,000 - R150,000

Lot 27 - William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) Lucignano

Sold for R82,075

Estimated at R70,000 - R100,000

Lot 28 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (South Africa 1886-1957) Winterhoek Range

Sold for R56,280

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000

Lot 29 - Freida Lock (South Africa 1902-1962) Harrison Street, Johannesburg

Estimated at R100,000 - R150,000

Lot 30 - Simon Stone (South Africa 1952-) Exposed Foundation

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 31 - Banele Khoza (Swaziland 1994-) Silent Void

Sold for R70,350

Estimated at R60,000 - R90,000

Lot 32 - Mongezi Ncaphayi (South Africa 1983-) Abstract

Sold for R64,488

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 33 - Misheck Masamvu (Zimbabwe 1980-) Hood Poison

Sold for R485,205

Estimated at R400,000 - R600,000

Lot 34 - Zander Blom (South Africa 1982-) Untitled [1.57]. †

Estimated at R250,000 - R350,000

Lot 35 - Larry Scully (South Africa 1922-2002) Abstract composition

Estimated at R80,000 - R120,000

Lot 36 - Cecily Sash (South Africa 1925-2019) Minoan Composition

Sold for R211,050

Estimated at R100,000 - R150,000

Lot 37 - Wilma Cruise (South Africa 1945-) Box(ed)

Sold for R70,350

Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000

Lot 38 - William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) Iris

Sold for R5,718,750

Estimated at R4,500,000 - R6,000,000

Lot 39 - Tschabalala Self (United States of America 1990-) Flower †

Sold for R234,500

Estimated at R200,000 - R300,000

Lot 40 - Lisa Brice (South Africa 1968-) Untitled

Estimated at R900,000 - R1,200,000

Lot 41 - Mary Sibande (South Africa 1982-) Ascending

Sold for R58,625

Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000

Lot 42 - William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) Rumours and Impossibilities

Sold for R257,950

Estimated at R220,000 - R280,000

Lot 43 - David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018) Girl in Her New Tutu on the Stoep, Boksburg, Transvaal, 1980

Sold for R281,400

Estimated at R250,000 - R350,000

Lot 44 - Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) The Romance of Sovereignty

Sold for R70,350

Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000

Lot 45 - Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) The Work of Death

Sold for R70,350

Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000

Lot 46 - Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) The Becoming Subject

Estimated at R180,000 - R220,000

Lot 47 - Getahun Balcha (Ethiopia 1967-) Coffee Conversation

Estimated at R70,000 - R90,000

Lot 48 - Athi-Patra Ruga (South Africa 1984-) Sibambiso †

Estimated at R350,000 - R450,000

Lot 49 - Claudette Schreuders (South Africa 1973-) The Third Person

Sold for R51,590

Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000