Tonight 17 September 2025 at 7 PM (SAST)
The Spring Evening Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art is taking place tonight in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 at 7 p.m. (SAST). The auction will be held in person at our new gallery and auction room in the Trumpet Building, 21 Keyes Avenue in Rosebank, and will also be streamed live for online bidding.
The sale is presented in two sessions. The first showcases a significant selection of late modern and contemporary works by leading South African, African, and international artists.
The second session is dedicated to highlights from the Humphreys Collection, now released by De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Shared Treasures: The Humphreys Collection features 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, British and French works of the same period, antique sculptures, furniture, and objets d’art, as well as 20th-century South African works from the personal holdings of Kimberley statesman William Benbow Humphreys (1889–1965). These works formed the original bequest for the establishment of the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley in 1948.
You are invited to register for the auction, place your bid in advance or follow in the room or online in real-time to bid.
Lot 1 - William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) Universal Archive (Ref. 59)
Sold for R64,488
Lot 3 - Mia Chaplin (South Africa 1990-) I'll Just Be Here, Wasting My Sarcasm
Sold for R61,325
Lot 4 - Georgina Gratrix (South Africa 1982-) Portrait of a Boston Terrier
Sold for R61,325
Lot 5 - Esther Mahlangu (South Africa 1935-) Round Ndebele pattern
Sold for R234,500
Lot 7 - Esther Mahlangu (South Africa 1935-) Ndebele abstract
Sold for R70,350
Lot 8 - Georgina Gratrix (South Africa 1982-) Portrait I
Sold for R66,900
Lot 9 - Navel Seakamela (South Africa 1991-) Portrait with flowers
Sold for R44,600
Lot 10 - Henry Symonds (South Africa 1949-) Remembering Tretchikoff II
Sold for R35,175
Lot 14 - Zanele Muholi (South Africa 1972-) Isililo XX
Sold for R211,050
Lot 18 - Nelson Makamo (South Africa 1982-) Composition of figures and objects
Estimated at R70,000 - R90,000
Lot 23 - Patrick Bongoy (Democratic Republic of the Congo 1980-) Sapped 3
Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000
Lot 24 - Patrick Bongoy (Democratic Republic of the Congo 1980-) The Revenant
Estimated at R90,000 - R120,000
Lot 25 - Jody Paulsen (South Africa 1987-) Something About the Water
Estimated at R80,000 - R120,000
Lot 26 - Blessing Ngobeni (South Africa 1985-) Politician Yet Born Puppet II
Sold for R300,365
Lot 27 - Johannes Segogela (South Africa 1936-) Satan's Fresh Meat Market
Estimated at R30,000 - R40,000
Lot 29 - Alfred Thoba (South Africa 1951-2022) Untitled (Cattle)
Sold for R195,125
Lot 30 - Leonora Everard-Haden (South Africa 1937-2025) Malolotja 2
Sold for R64,488
Lot 31 - Leonora Everard-Haden (South Africa 1937-2025) Drakensberg Mountains: Giant's Castle
Sold for R93,800
Lot 32 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (South Africa 1886-1957) Landscape
Estimated at R300,000 - R400,000
Lot 33 - Dylan Lewis (South Africa 1964-) Leopard Head II
Sold for R189,550
Lot 34 - Keith Calder (South Africa 1959-2025) Kudu Family
Sold for R55,750
Lot 37 - Alexis Preller (South Africa 1911-1975) Cape Malay Girl
Sold for R462,100
Lot 39 - Edoardo Villa (South Africa 1915-2011) Untitled
Sold for R133,800
Lot 40 - Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010) Not Dr. Livingstone, surely...?
Sold for R111,388
Lot 43 - Gerard Sekoto (South Africa 1913-1993) The Shebeen, Sophiatown
Estimated at R400,000 - R600,000
Lot 44 - Irma Stern (South Africa 1894-1966) Woman in an orange headscarf
Estimated at R600,000 - R800,000
Lot 45 - Judith Mason (South Africa 1938-2016) Surreal Mountain Landscape
Estimated at R70,000 - R100,000
Lot 46 - Penny Siopis (South Africa 1953-) Landscape with moon
Sold for R58,625
Lot 47 - Mary Sibande (South Africa 1982-) Aline (I)
Sold for R117,250
Lot 48 - Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) He Who is As if Death Were Not
Sold for R89,200
