As of Sep 04, 2025

Irma Stern

Lot 335
Fishing Harbour, Algeciras, 1958
oil on canvas


Lot 335
Fishing Harbour, Algeciras, 1958
oil on canvas

Estimate: R 4,000,000 - 6,000,000
€ 194,000 - 291,000
Auction: 8 days

Strauss & Co. Cape Town

City: Online
Auction: Sep 16, 2025
Auction number: 415
Auction name: Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Lot Details
87,5 by 101cm excluding frame110 by 122,5 by 6cm including frame
Regency Gallery, Cape Town, Irma Stern, 24 February to 11 March 1959, cat. no 1. Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich, Irma Stern, 11 February to 7 March 1960, cat. no 4. Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, Irma Stern, 13 to 26 February 1962, cat. no 15. Galerie Andre Weil, Paris, Irma Stern, 12 January to 25 January 1965, cat. no 33. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Cape Arts Festival, Homage to Irma Stern, 1968, cat. no 71.
Purchased from the artist by Professor and Mrs W E G Louw. Stephan Welz & Co in Association with Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 17 May 1999, lot 337. Private Collection, Cape Town.
Magda Sauer (1959) 'Irma Stern', in Our Art I, Pretoria: Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, pages 103 to 104 and illustrated as figure VII in colour on page 107. F E L Alexander (1962) Art in South Africa: Painting Sculpture and Graphic Work since 1900, Cape Town: AA Balkema, illustrated as figure 64 on page 93. Sean O'Toole (ed) (2006) Between Foothold and Flight, Johannesburg: Graham's Fine Art Gallery, illustrated in colour as cat. no 3 on pages 38-41 and page 84.
Lot Details
87,5 by 101cm excluding frame110 by 122,5 by 6cm including frame
Regency Gallery, Cape Town, Irma Stern, 24 February to 11 March 1959, cat. no 1. Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich, Irma Stern, 11 February to 7 March 1960, cat. no 4. Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, Irma Stern, 13 to 26 February 1962, cat. no 15. Galerie Andre Weil, Paris, Irma Stern, 12 January to 25 January 1965, cat. no 33. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Cape Arts Festival, Homage to Irma Stern, 1968, cat. no 71.
Purchased from the artist by Professor and Mrs W E G Louw. Stephan Welz & Co in Association with Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 17 May 1999, lot 337. Private Collection, Cape Town.
Magda Sauer (1959) 'Irma Stern', in Our Art I, Pretoria: Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, pages 103 to 104 and illustrated as figure VII in colour on page 107. F E L Alexander (1962) Art in South Africa: Painting Sculpture and Graphic Work since 1900, Cape Town: AA Balkema, illustrated as figure 64 on page 93. Sean O'Toole (ed) (2006) Between Foothold and Flight, Johannesburg: Graham's Fine Art Gallery, illustrated in colour as cat. no 3 on pages 38-41 and page 84.

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