Aspire Art Auctions’ second Johannesburg sale offered a selection of some of the best works produced by local and international artists available on the local market. Offerings included Cameroonian-born, Belgium-based, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Chilean, Eugenio Dittborn, and South Africans, William Kentridge, Kendell Geers, Louis Maqhubela, Cecil Skotnes, Maggie Laubser, Irma Stern, and Mohau Modisakeng, amongst others.
The sale was led by an international auction record of R1 200 320 achieved for a drawing, Children under Apartheid, by exiled South African artist Dumile Feni, as well as the successful sale of top international lot Golden Mask by renowned performance artist Marina Abramović.
Lot 59 - Maurice van Essche (Belgium/South Africa 1906-1977)
Sold for R23,420
Lot 73 - Walter Whall Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)
Sold for R27,283
Lot 74 - Walter Whall Batiiss (South Africa 1906-1982)
Sold for R23,420
Lot 90 - Cecil Skotnes, The Rooinek and The Hunter, special edition artist books
Sold for R25,010