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Tuesday23June2026at7:00pm

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Tuesday23June2026

Session1at7:00pm

WillemHermanusCoetzer

PranasDomsaitis

LITHUANIAN/SOUTHAFRICAN1880-1965

FlowersinaVase

signedwiththeartist'smonogram oilonboard

77by63cm

R50000-70000

VIEWLOT

VladimirTretchikoff

SOUTHAFRICAN1913-2006

Cannas

1960

signedanddated60

oilonpaperlaiddownonboard

47by27cm

R200000-300000

PROVENANCE

ConstancevanKleef,andthencebydescent PrivateCollection.

HelmutStarcke

SOUTHAFRICAN1935-2017

IntheBeginning

1999

signedanddated'99;signed,dated,inscribedwiththetitle andmediumonthereverse;inscribedwiththeartist's name,thetitleandmediumonanEverardReadlabel adheredtothereverse

acrylicandmixedmediaoncanvas 151by151by2,5cm,unframed R100000-150000

SOUTHAFRICAN1913-1994

StudyofLeucadendrons

495by595cm R100000-150000

309

CecilSkotnes

SOUTHAFRICAN1926-2009

ObjectsontheBeach

1981

signedanddated81;inscribedwiththetitleand numbered44onalabeladheredtothereverse oilonpanel

29.5by39.5cm

R40000-60000

PROVENANCE

ThePatriciaFineArtCollection. VIEWLOT

©DALRO

310

BrianBradshaw

SOUTHAFRICAN1923-2016

76by91cm R25000-35000

311

RuthProwse

SOUTHAFRICAN1883-1967

CapeTownHarbour

signedwiththeartist'smonogram oiloncanvas

29by445cm

R70000-90000 VIEWLOT

312

JanErnstAbrahamVolschenk

SOUTHAFRICAN1853-1936

IntheCourenteRiverGorge,Riversdale

1930

signedanddated;signed,dated,inscribedwiththetitle and'AgifttoLouisefromFather'onthereverse oiloncanvas

29by24cm

R15000-20000

314

JacobHendrikPierneef

SOUTHAFRICAN1886-1957

SpringbokVlakte(SpringbokFlats)

signed oilonboard

22.5by30.5cm

R200000-300000

PROVENANCE

Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,11November2019,lot16.

315

AdolphJentsch

GERMAN/NAMIBIAN1888-1977

S.W.AfrikaLandscape

1944

signedwiththeartist'sinitialsanddated;signedtwice, inscribedwiththetitle,numbered113andinscribed 'Deutschland1954-55'onthereverse oiloncanvas

69.5by99cm

R300000-400000

PROVENANCE

TheOlgaLevinsonCollection Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,11November2013,lot202.

316

WillemHermanusCoetzer

SOUTHAFRICAN1900-1983

KosmosnabyVrede(Cosmosnear Vrede)

1948

signedtwiceanddated48;inscribedwiththetitleonthe reverse;inscribedwiththetitleonalabeladheredtothe reverse oilonboard

295by39cm

R12000-18000

317

PieterWenning

SOUTHAFRICAN1873-1921

BoordbyKirstenbosch(Orchardin

Kirstenbosch)

signed oiloncanvas

36.5by47cm

R100000-150000

PROVENANCE

DrFKteWaterNaudé,CapeTown,andthencebydescent StephanWelz&CoinAssociationwithSotheby's, Johannesburg,2November1992,lot379.

318

JacobHendrikPierneef

SOUTHAFRICAN1886-1957

LandscapewithDistantMountain

signed oilonboard

25.5by29.5cm R200000-300000

PROVENANCE

Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,11November2019,lot17, withthetitleLandscapewithDistantKoppie.

GregoireBoonzaier

SOUTHAFRICAN1909-2005

Strandhuisies(BeachCottages)

1953

signedanddated;inscribedwiththeartist'snameandthe titleonaSouthAfricanNationalGallerylabeladheredto thereverse;inscribedwiththeartist'snameandthetitleon alabeladheredtothereverse charcoalandwatercolouronpaper 335by525cm

R10000-15000

320

GregoireBoonzaier

SOUTHAFRICAN1909-2005

HilltopCottages

1938 signedanddated

oiloncanvas

40by50cm

R80000-120000

PROVENANCE

Rosebery's,London,10December2025,lot155,withthe titleCapeMalayQuarter. VIEWLOT

321

JacobHendrikPierneef

SOUTHAFRICAN1886-1957

Okahandja

1924

signed,datedSept24andinscribedwiththetitle watercolourandpencilonpaperlaiddownonboard

245by335cm

R40000-60000 VIEWLOT

HugoNaudé

SOUTHAFRICAN1869-1941

Sentinel,Drakensberg signed oilonboard

22by28cm

R60000-80000 VIEWLOT

323

ErikLaubscher

SOUTHAFRICAN1927-2013

RocksatNight

signed;inscribedwiththetitleandnumbered23onthe reverse

oiloncanvasboard,intheartist'shandmadeframe 15.5by10.5cm R25000-35000

PROVENANCE

AcquiredfromtheartistbyTyroneAppolis,c1990s PrivateCollection.

RuthEverard-Haden

SOUTHAFRICAN1904-1992

Paysage(Landscape)/Roadthrough

Cutting

inscribedwiththeartist'snameandthetitleonthereverse; inscribedwiththeartist'snameandthetitleonalabel adheredtothereverse oiloncanvas

63.5by52.5cm

R70000-90000

PROVENANCE

TheEverardCollection,Pietermaritzburg Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,23May2013,lot244 PrivateCollection.

325

GregoireBoonzaier

SOUTHAFRICAN1909-2005

HousesamongstTrees

1991

signedanddated;inscribedwiththeartist'snameonthe reverse

pastelandwatercolouronpaper

54.5by35.5cm

R20000-30000

PROVENANCE

5thAvenueAuctioneers,Johannesburg,4December2016, lot239.

326

JacobHendrikPierneef

SOUTHAFRICAN1886-1957

BushveldTrees

signed

oilandpencilonboard 13by23.5cm

R150000-200000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartist'sdaughter,andthenceby descent.

PeterBonney

VladimirTretchikoff

SOUTHAFRICAN1913-2006

DailyNeeds

signed;inscribedwiththeartist'snameandtitleonan SouthAfricanNationalGallerylabeladheredtothereverse oiloncanvas

725by121cm

R400000-600000

329

KeithJoubert

SOUTHAFRICAN1948-2013

CapriviReflections

1988

signedanddated'88;inscribedwiththetitletwiceonthe reverse;inscribedwiththeartist'sname,thetitleand mediumonanEverardReadlabeladheredtothereverse oiloncanvas

90by151cm

R120000-160000

PROVENANCE

EverardRead,Johannesburg PrivateCollection.

AntonKarstel

SOUTHAFRICAN1968MainStreet,PortElizabeth

2002

signedanddated;inscribedwiththetitleonthereverse oiloncanvas

97.5by149cm R70000-90000

PROVENANCE

RussellKaplanAuctioneers,Randburg,30July2022,lot 4595

Strauss&Co,Online,18September2023,lot20.

PranasDomsaitis

LITHUANIAN/SOUTHAFRICAN1880-1965

FigureamongstTrees(recto)Two

FiguresinaLandscape(verso)

eachsigned oilonboard

53by345cm

R30000-50000

VIEWLOT

332† PranasDomsaitis

LITHUANIAN/SOUTHAFRICAN1880-1965

TwoFiguresamongstHouses signed oilonboard

55by43cm

R30000-50000

VIEWLOT

MauricevanEssche

BELGIAN/SOUTHAFRICAN1906-1977

FiguresinaLandscape

334

MaggieLaubser

SOUTHAFRICAN1886-1973

PortraitofaWomanwithHeadScarf; LandscapewithHouseandBoatsin

Background

signedwiththeartist'sinitials oilonboard

21.5by26.5cm

R200000-300000

PROVENANCE

AcquiredfromtheartistbyMrsFEMartin,Pretoria,c1955 PrivateCollection.

336

GerardSekoto

SOUTHAFRICAN1913-1993

PensiveYoungWoman

signed oiloncanvas

44by35cm

R500000-700000

PROVENANCE

Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,1June2015,lot251.

©DALRO

337

MaudSumner

SOUTHAFRICAN1902-1985

HeadofChrist

signed oiloncanvas

46by38cm

R30000-50000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartist,andthencebydescent DieKunskamer,CapeTown,1986 PrivateCollection. VIEWLOT

CecilSkotnes

SOUTHAFRICAN1926-2009

Head signed carved,incisedandpaintedwoodpanel

61by43.5cm

R120000-180000

PROVENANCE

StellenboschArtGallery,Stellenbosch,2018 PrivateCollection.

VIEWLOT

©DALRO

JohannesMeintjes

SOUTHAFRICAN1923-1980

Narcissus(JM37)

1944

signedanddated

oiloncanvaslaiddownonboard

38by35cm

R40000-60000

PROVENANCE

MrsMTham,Johannesburg PrivateCollectionc.1950s,andthencebydescent.

341

DeborahBell

SOUTHAFRICAN1957Memo 2006

signed,datedandinscribed'forLinda' inkwash,watercolour,pencilandpastelonpaper 60by55cm R300000-400000

PROVENANCE

TheLindaGivonCollection Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,27May2025,lot282.

342

IrmaStern

SOUTHAFRICAN1894-1966

MalayFruitSellers

1933

signedwiththeartist'sinitialsanddated;inscribedwiththe titleinAfrikaans,themediumandnumbered17onthe

reverse

inkonpaperlaiddownonboard

22by10.5cm

R25000-35000

PROVENANCE

StrydomGallery,George,c1980

PrivateCollection.

EleanorEsmonde-White

SOUTHAFRICAN1914-2007

PortraitofaWoman

signed;inscribedwiththeartist'snameandthetitleona labeladheredtothereverse oiloncanvas

35by295cm

R30000-40000

LionelSmit

SOUTHAFRICAN1982PortraitofDawidRas 2010

signedanddated oiloncanvas 120by120by4cm,unframed R180000-220000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartistbythecurrentowner. VIEWLOT

BaneleKhoza

SWAZI/SOUTHAFRICAN1994SelfPortrait

2015 signedanddated;inscribedwiththeartist'sname,thetitle andmediumonalabeladheredtothereverse

acryliconcanvas

122by91by3,5cm,unframed

R30000-50000

NeilRodger

SOUTHAFRICAN1941-2013 MinobikiCockerel 2004

signedanddated04;inscribedwiththetitleonthe reverse;inscribedwiththeartist'sname,thetitleand mediumonanEverardReadlabeladheredtothereverse oiloncanvas 89by99.5cm R200000-300000 PROVENANCE

EverardRead,Johannesburg PrivateCollection.

NeilRodger

SOUTHAFRICAN1941-2013

SeatedFigureonaBench

signedandindistinctlydated oiloncanvas

108.5by108.5cm R350000-450000

PROVENANCE

EverardRead,Johannesburg PrivateCollection.

VIEWLOT

WilliamKentridge

SOUTHAFRICAN1955General(BlackandWhite) 1993

signedinpencil

power-toolengravedpolycarbonsheetonhand-painted

Vélind'ArchesBlanc300gsmpaper

120by795cm

R500000-700000

VIEWLOT

349

WilliamKentridge

SOUTHAFRICAN1955SpahiandZouave-FromFenton's CrimeanPhotographs 2009 signed,datedNov2009andinscribed'ForLindaG'inred contéinthemargin inkandcontéonfoundpaper 22by19cm R80000-120000

PROVENANCE

TheLindaGivonCollection.

signed,numberedEV5/40inpencilandembossedwith theArtistProofStudiochopmarkinthemargin linocutwithhand-paintingonHahnemüle

R200000-300000 PROVENANCE

Strauss&Co,CapeTown,17September2024,lot231.

WilliamKentridge

SOUTHAFRICAN1955Untitled(ForLindaG)

signed,inscribed'ForLindaG'andnumbered25 pastelonfoundpaper 17by13.5cm R80000-120000

PROVENANCE

TheLindaGivonCollection.

352

WilliamKentridge

SOUTHAFRICAN1955MacbaFlipBook 1998

datedDec98andinscribedwithadedicationthatreads 'ForLindawiththanksforagreatyearLoveWilliam' charcoalandwatercolouronfoundpaper 16.5by23cm R80000-120000

PROVENANCE

TheLindaGivonCollection.

WilliamKentridge

SOUTHAFRICAN1955StudioPortrait

signedandnumbered28/120inpencilinthemargin

screenprintonpaper

R80000-120000

VIEWLOT

WilliamKentridge

SOUTHAFRICAN1955-

Untitled(ManReadingand AnthropomorphicFigures) 2001

inscribedwithadedicationthatreads'forLinda-from Williamwithlove'anddatedDec2001

charcoalonfoundpaper

25by39cm

R750000-900000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartist TheLindaGivonCollection.

MaudSumner

SOUTHAFRICAN1902-1985 Dorothy

signed;inscribedwiththeartist'sname,thetitleand mediumonanEverardReadlabeladheredtothereverse oiloncanvas

905by71cm

R180000-240000 VIEWLOT

BettieCilliers-Barnard

SOUTHAFRICAN1914-2010

GroupofFigures

R30000-50000

358

MashegoJohannesSegogela

SOUTHAFRICAN1936-

TheWedding,four carved,paintedandvarnishedwood (1)height:27cm;width:8,5cm;depth:6cm(2)height: 28cm;width:10cm;depth:13cm(3)height:32,5cm;width: 26,5cm;depth:6,5cm(4)height:29,5cm;width:9,5cm; depth:6,5cm

R15000-20000

PROVENANCE

StephanWelz&Co,CapeTown,2October2013,lot263.

VIEWLOT

RobertHodgins

SOUTHAFRICAN1920-2010

SeatedNude

2010 datedandauthenticatedbyJanNeethlingonthereverse ofthecanvas oiloncanvas 60by60cm R150000-200000

PROVENANCE

Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,9November2021,lot297, withthetitleWomaninaLandscape.

360

NormanCatherine

SOUTHAFRICAN1949BlackCatMagic

signed oiloncanvas

25,5by35,5by2cm,unframed R50000-70000

PROVENANCE

SAVirtualGallery,22December2003

Strauss&Co,Johannesburg,1June2015,lot124.

361

NandiphaMntambo

SWAZI1982PraçadeTouros

numbered2/9;fromaneditionof9+2A/Ps;inscribedwith theartist'sname,number,titleandmediumonacertificate ofauthenticity,signedbyJacdeVilliersandNandipha Mntambo

gicleéprintonBarytacottonragpaper320gsm

R90000-120000

SOUTHAFRICAN20THCENTURY

Boudica

signed oiloncanvas

190by189,5by5cm,unframed

R60000-80000

SarahBallam

BlessingNgobeni

SOUTHAFRICAN1985ForThosewithPWMAAAJ

2017

signed,dated17andinscribedwiththetitle;inscribedwith theartist'sname,thetitleandmediumonaStrauss&Co labeladheredtothereverse mixedmediaonunstretchedcanvas 119by53cm

R70000-90000

PROVENANCE

Strauss&Co,CapeTown,11April2021,lot497.

©DALRO

364

LionelSmit

SOUTHAFRICAN1982Portrait

2010

signed,dated,numbered4/20andbearstheartist'sstamp bronzewithabrownpatina,onasteelbase height:38,5cmexcludingbase,50cmincludingbase; width:25cm;depth:28cm

R80000-120000

365

DeborahBell

SOUTHAFRICAN1957Meditation:CloudonaMountain

signed,numbered1/12andimpressedwiththeRenzo VignaliArtisticFoundrymark bronzewithadarkbrownpatina,onaresinbase

height:57,5cmexcludingbase,60cmincludingbase; width:23cm;depth:20cm R120000-180000

PROVENANCE

EverardRead,Johannesburg PrivateCollection.

AntonSmit

SOUTHAFRICAN1954Faith

GRP(GlassReinforcedPolymer)andbronze,onaconcrete base

height:175cmexcludingbase,185cmincludingbase; width:139cm;depth:62cm

R80000-120000

VIEWLOT

AntonSmit

SOUTHAFRICAN1954RiteofPassageIII 2017

signed,dated,numbered5/12andinscribedwiththe artist'scrypticcode

GRP(GlassReinforcedPolymer)andbronze,onasteelbase

height:101cmexcludingbase,110cmincludingbase; width:46,5cm;depth:20cm

R300000-500000

368

GuyduToit

SOUTHAFRICAN1958StarGazingHare

bronze

height:78cm;width:126cm;depth:55cm

R300000-500000

PROVENANCE

EverardRead,Franschhoek,Spring:AGroupShow,10to24 September2022,withthetitleStarGazing

EverardRead,Johannesburg,SummerExhibition2022,6to 31October2022.

GuyduToit

SOUTHAFRICAN1958BokBokonaLugBoxofWoodenAnvils

bronzewithbrownpatina

height:100cm;width:38cm;depth:45cm

R80000-120000

VIEWLOT

EdoardoVilla

SOUTHAFRICAN1915-2011

SeatedFigureII

1985

signed,datedandnumbered1/5 bronzewithabrownpatina

height:18cm;width:25cm;depth:13cm

R80000-120000 VIEWLOT

PatrickBongoy

CONGOLESE1980FrozeninTime

2022

foundrubberinnertubesandvalvesonboard

height:228cm;width:133cm;depth:23cm

R80000-120000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartistbythecurrentowner. VIEWLOT

372

PatrickBongoy

CONGOLESE1980Fragment#24

2019

signed,datedandinscribedwiththetitleandmediumon thereverse foundrubberinnertubeandmetalvalvesonMDFboard height:46cm;width:54,5cm;depth:14cm

R15000-20000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartistbythecurrentowner.

POLISH/SOUTHAFRICAN1983-

AbstractComposition spraypaint,acrylicandmixedmediaonshapedcanvas

121by110cm

R80000-120000

375

AndrewVerster

SOUTHAFRICAN1937-2020

Curtains

2003 signedanddated;signed,datedandinscribedwiththe titleandmediumonthereverse oiloncanvas

170by170by2,5cm,unframed

R50000-70000

VIEWLOT

©DALRO

376

WalterBattiss

SOUTHAFRICAN1906-1982

AbstractComposition

signed

watercolouronpaper

33by44.5cm

R20000-30000

PROVENANCE

RusselKaplanAuctioneers,Johannesburg,26October 2019,lotP236.

378

AlexandraKarakashian

SOUTHAFRICAN1988Untitled

oilonsizedpaper

53.5by37cm

R20000-30000

PROVENANCE

Acquiredfromtheartistbythecurrentowner,October 2017.

StrijdomvanderMerwe

SOUTHAFRICAN1961DemarcationI 2024 signed foundobjects,roadpaint,woodandacryliconcanvas 111by107by4cm,unframed

R30000-50000

StrijdomvanderMerwe

SOUTHAFRICAN1961DemarcationII

2024

signedandinscribedwiththetitleonthereverse foundobjects,roadpaint,woodandacryliconcanvas 126by121by4cm,unframed

R30000-50000 VIEWLOT

381

BrettMurray

SOUTHAFRICAN1961ShackasMetaphor 2000

fromaneditionof2 powder-coatedmildsteelandacrylicpaint height:187cm;width:119cm;depth:6,5cm R100000-150000

PROVENANCE

Bell-RobertsContemporary,CapeTown AspireArt,Johannesburg,11September2024,lot24. VIEWLOT

382†

DylanLewis

SOUTHAFRICAN1964StalkingLeopard(S54) signed,dated96,numbered2/8,impressedwith'S054'and theJupiterStudiofoundrymark bronzewithabrownpatina height:64cm;length:159cm;width:53cm R500000-700000

PROVENANCE

DylanLewisStudio,Stellenbosch,2010 PrivateCollection.

ARTIST'SINDEX

ABRAHAM,C 377

BALLAM,S 362

BATTISS,W 376

BELL,D 340,341,365

BONGOY,P 371,372

BONNEY,P 327

BOONZAIER,G 307,319,320,325

BRADSHAW,B 310

CATHERINE,N 360

CILLIERS-BARNARD,B 357

COETZER,WH 302,316

DOMSAITIS,P 304,331,332

DUTOIT,G 368,369

ESMONDE-WHITE,E 343

EVERARD-HADEN,R 324

HIGGS,C 301

HODGINS,R 359

JENTSCH,A 315

JOUBERT,K 329

KARAKASHIAN,A 378

KARSTEL,A 330

KENTRIDGE,W 348,349,350,351,352,353,354, 355

KHOZA,B 345

KRIGE,F 308

LAUBSCHER,E 323

LAUBSER,M 334

LEWIS,D 382

LOCK,F 303

MAHLANGU,E 374

MEINTJES,J 339

MNTAMBO,N 361

MURRAY,B 381

NAUDÉ,H 322

NGOBENI,B 363

PIERNEEF,JH 314,318,321,326

PROWSE,R 311

RODGER,N 346,347

SEGOGELA,MJ 358

SEKOTO,G 336

SKOTNES,C 309,338

SMIT,A 366,367

SMIT,L 344,364

STARCKE,H 306

STERN,I 335,342

SUMNER,M 313,337,356

TRETCHIKOFF,V 305,328

URBANSKI,A 373

VANDERMERWE,S 379,380

VANESSCHE,M 333

VERSTER,A 375

VILLA,E 370

VOLSCHENK,JEA 312

WENNING,P 317

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