TWO significant works by Gerard Sekoto and George Pemba will go on auction in Johannesburg next week.
For generations of progressive South African collectors, the names Dumile Feni, Maggie Laubser, Esther Mahlangu, Pemba, J H Pierneef, Alexis Preller, Sekoto, Lucas Sithole, Irma Stern, Anton van Wouw and Edoardo Villa have represented a rock-solid canon.
These collectable modernist artists, many now receiving overdue international recognition, are represented in the catalogues for Strauss & Co’s two-part Day and Evening auction of modern and contemporary art in Johannesburg on May 28.
Pemba and Sekoto, who are currently enjoying premier billing at the Venice Biennale, have three and five works apiece in the Evening Sale.
Pemba’s 1989 portrait, Author and Artist (estimated to fetch R200 000-R300 000/$10 865-$16 300), depicts author Alan Paton.
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