Aspire brings a large-scale and vibrant collection to auction in the final sale of 2021. 248 lots, including paintings, ceramics, sculpture, multiples and editions and an impressive collection of books, make for easy collecting in the Online only sale.
Leading modern artists include Walter Battiss, Peter Clarke, Dumile Feni and Johannes Meintjes. Contemporary voices include Zander Blom, Conrad Botes, Norman Catherine, Georgina Gratrix, Lucy Jane Turpin and Alexia Vogel and photography highlights showcase Mikhael Subotzky, Nandipha Mntambo and Berni Searle.
Lot 147 - Clare Menck (South Africa 1960-) Old Prison Fort, Willowmore I
Estimated at R5,000 - R8,000
Lot 148 - Sidney Goldblatt (South Africa 1919-1979) House by a waterway
Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000
Lot 149 - Enslin Du Plessis (South Africa 1894-1978) Village riverside
Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000
Lot 151 - Piet van Heerden (South Africa 1917-1991) Landscape with mountains
Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000
Lot 152 - Marjorie Wallace (United Kingdom 1925-2005) Begrafplaas, Waenhuiskrans
Sold for R9,966
Lot 154 - Walter Whall Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) Bush Landscape, Transvaal
Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000
Lot 155 - Erich Mayer (Germany 1876-1960) Old Homestead in the Waterberg, TVL
Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000
Lot 158 - Johan Oldert (South Africa 1912-1984) Oudtshoorn Region C.P
Sold for R1,172
Lot 159 - Walter Whall Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) South African Lithographs (six)
Sold for R3,518
Lot 161 - Maggie Laubser (South Africa 1886-1973) Dutch Riverscape with boats - preparatory sketch
Estimated at R5,000 - R7,000
Lot 162 - Harry Stratford (Strat) Caldecott (South Africa 1886-1929) The Seine and Tug (two)
Estimated at R3,000 - R5,000
Lot 163 - François Krige (South Africa 1913-1994) District six
Sold for R2,345
Lot 164 - Cecil Skotnes (South Africa 1926-2009) (No.2) Mhlangane stabs Shaka
Estimated at R3,000 - R5,000
Lot 165 - Cecil Skotnes (South Africa 1926-2009) (No.3) Senzangakona seduces Nandi
Estimated at R3,000 - R5,000
Lot 166 - Cecil Skotnes (South Africa 1926-2009) (No.4) Shaka the herdboy
Sold for R2,873
Lot 169 - Walter Whall Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) Fook Island Stamps
Sold for R3,986
Lot 170 - Norman Catherine (South Africa 1949-) Fook Island stamps
Sold for R3,518
Lot 171 - Walter Whall Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) Fook Island Stamp and envelope
Estimated at R3,000 - R4,000
Lot 172 - Cecil Skotnes (South Africa 1926-2009) Freedom 1995 stamp and envelope
Estimated at R1,200 - R1,500
Lot 173 - Dumile Feni (South Africa 1942-1991) Homeage to Soweto, 1977 stamp and envelope
Sold for R3,518
Lot 175 - Various Artists (South Africa) iJusi Portfolio Number 1
Sold for R25,795
Lot 178 - Bitterkomix: Handbook and Issues 15 & 16 by Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes
Sold for R762
Lot 181 - Some Afrikaners Revisited (2007) by David Goldblatt, Antjie Krog and Ivor Powell (signed)
Estimated at R1,500 - R2,000
Lot 182 - David Goldblatt: Hasselblad Award 2006 (2006) by the Hasselblad Center (ed.)
Sold for R410
Lot 184 - Intersections Intersected (2008) by David Goldblatt, Ulrich Loock & Ivor Powell
Sold for R938
Lot 194 - A Lasting Impression: The Robert Hodgins Print Archive (2012) by Anthea Buys
Sold for R352
Lot 195 - Marlene Dumas: The Image as a Burden (2014) by L. Coelewij, H. Sainsbury and T. Wischer
Sold for R352
Lot 196 - Dumile Feni Retrospective exhibition catalogue (2005) by Prince Mbusi Dube
Sold for R1,231
Lot 198 - Two books on South African Artists Pieter van der Westhuizen and Frans Claerhout
Sold for R1,114