Aspire Art Auctions’ Cape Town sale proved that the market for African and international art continues to thrive despite the pandemic.
The top lot by value was Irma Stern’s Dahlias and fruit, one of the most outstanding paintings from her late period, which achieved an impressive R5,234,800. Marlene Dumas scored a sensational hit when her early painting, Score, sold for R3,414,000, and stellar results were also achieved for celebrated artists; William Kentridge, George Pemba, Gerard Sekoto and Peter Clarke, amongst others, with world records at auction set for contemporary artists Turiya Magadlela and Gerhard Marx.
Lot 53 - Bridget Baker|b.1971 South Africa|The Blue Collar Girl (Valais, Switzerland)
Estimated at R80,000 - R120,000
Lot 54 - Misheck Masamvu|b.1980 Zimbabwe|Lady parts on the Coat of Arms
Estimated at R200,000 - R300,000
Lot 55 - Robert Hodgins|South African 1920–2010|Songs my mother taught me
Sold for R527,625
Lot 57 - ± Marlene Dumas|b.1953 South Africa|Portrait of a young Nelson Mandela
Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000
Lot 79 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (South Africa 1886-1957)
Sold for R120,180
Lot 80 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (South Africa 1886-1957)
Sold for R87,938
Lot 84 - Edoardo Villa (Italy/South Africa 1915-2011)
Sold for R160,010
Lot 85 - Edoardo Villa (Italy/South Africa 1915-2011)
Sold for R96,145
Lot 87 - Lucas Thandokwazi Sithole (South Africa 1931-1994)
Sold for R70,350
Lot 88 - Walter Whall Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)
Sold for R74,660
Lot 91 - Edoardo Villa (Italy/South Africa 1915-2011)
Sold for R66,832
