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 199 - Three books on South African Modern Artists including Boonzaier, Krenz and Meintjes
Sold for R645
Lot 200 - Two Books on South African Historic Artists Anton van Wouw and Leng Dixon
Estimated at R600 - R800
Lot 205 - Snap Judgements: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography (2006) by Okwui Enwezor
Sold for R938
Lot 206 - Contemporary Art from South Africa (1997) by Martih Hope (cur.)
Sold for R938
Lot 207 - Figures and Fictions: Contemporary South Africa Photography (2011) by Tamar Garb
Estimated at R700 - R1,000
Lot 208 - Iluminando Vidas (2002) by Bruno Z'Graggen & Grant Lee Neuenburg
Estimated at R800 - R1,200
Lot 209 - Women by Women: 50 Years of Women's Photography in South Africa (2006) by various editors
Estimated at R800 - R1,200
Lot 210 - Spiritual Art of Natal (1993) by Juliette Leeb-du Toit
Sold for R704
Lot 211 - South Africa: The Structure of Things Then (1998) by David Goldblatt and and Neville Dubow
Sold for R938
Lot 213 - Ezakwantu: Beadwork from the Eastern Cape (1993) by Emma Bedford (ed.)
Sold for R1,524
Lot 214 - Reading the Contemporary: African Art from Theory to the Marketplace (1999) (signed)
Estimated at R2,000 - R4,000
Lot 215 - Contemporary African Art Since 1980 (2009) by Okwui Enwezor & Chika Okeke-Agulu
Estimated at R3,000 - R5,000
Lot 216 - Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art (2007) by various authors
Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000
Lot 218 - Major Rock Paintings of Southern Africa (1979) by R. Townley Johnson
Sold for R176
Lot 224 - Two books: Lisa Brice & South Africa: Art of a Nation
Sold for R528
Lot 225 - David Hockney: A Drawing Retrospective (1995) by Ulrich Luckhardt and Paul Melia
Sold for R410
Lot 226 - Ex Animo: The Work of Faith47 (2018) by Paulo von Vacano
Sold for R586
Lot 232 - Two books: Dorps: Small Towns in South Africa & Township Life: Cape Town, South Africa
Sold for R528
Lot 239 - Two books: Miss Beautiful, South Africa in Pageants & FAB, Mother City Queer Projects
Estimated at R1,400 - R1,600
Lot 240 - Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting (2011) by Barry Schwabsky
Estimated at R3,000 - R4,000
Lot 241 - A collection of four books on International Artists
Sold for R938