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 147 - Erik Laubscher (South Africa 1927-2013)
Sold for R136,416
Lot 148 - Edoardo Villa (Italy/South Africa 1915-2011)
Sold for R272,832
Lot 149 - Lucas Thandokwazi Sithole (South Africa 1931-1994)
Sold for R318,304
Lot 150 - Edoardo Villa (Italy/South Africa 1915-2011)
Sold for R704,816
Lot 154 - Pascale Marthine Tayou (Cameroon 1967-)
Sold for R136,416
Lot 167 - Deborah Bell, Museum Solstice (from the Alchemical suite)
Estimated at R120,000 - R160,000
Lot 171 - Edoardo Villa (Italy/South Africa 1915-2011)
Sold for R181,888
Lot 178 - Keith Alexander (South Africa 1946-1998)
Sold for R170,520
Lot 179 - Adriaan Boshoff (South Africa 1935-2007)
Sold for R420,616
Lot 180 - Adriaan Boshoff (South Africa 1935-2007)
Sold for R363,776