Exhibitions

A list of exhibitions currently on or planned in Australia and New Zealand featuring Jewish artists or themes….

Apr-5 to Apr-10 Sydney: Derry Tal

International award-winning painter Derryn Tal’s new exhibition

 

 

Mar-23 London: Major Sale of South African Art

Bonhams next South African Art sale on March 23 has attracted so many outstanding works following the breaking of the record for South African art last year in New Bond Street, that the sale will now include an evening auction of 20 masterpieces.

These 20 pictures are some of the most outstanding and desirable works by Irma Stern Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Maggie Laubser and Gerard Sekoto. The glowing colours and vibrancy of this art out of Africa is already attracting huge interest. Many of these pictures flooded in to Bonhams following the £2.4m (R26.6m) result at Bonhams October sale for Irma Stern’s `Bahora Girl’, an image of a young Indian girl painted in Zanzibar on one of the artists beloved forays deep into Africa.

Giles Peppiatt, Head of South African Art at Bonhams says: “In the five years that we have held stand-alone South African art sales in London, the quality of the work on offer has steadily grown in stature. Without doubt, this latest offering is in a class of its own, hence the decision to hold an evening sale of true masterpieces. These range in value from £100,000 to £2m. It is without doubt the most exciting collection of South African images that I have seen.”

The works have been sourced from South Africa, Europe, Canada and the USA, Israel and Australia.

The masterpiece paintings on offer will include:

Irma Stern (1894-1966) ‘Arab Priest’, £1,500,000 to £2,000,000
Irma Stern, `Seated Nude with Oranges’, £800,000 to £1,200,000
Irma Stern, Still Life of Lilies £700,000 to £1,000,000
Irma Stern,  Still life of Irises, oil £700,000 to £1,000,000
Irma Stern, `Portrait of a Malay child’ £700,000 to £1,000,000
Irma Stern, `Swazi Youth’ £600,000 to £900,000.
Irma Stern, `Woman in blue’, £400,000 to £600,000
Irma Stern,  `Portrait of an African Woman’ £300,000 to £500,000.
Irma Stern, ‘Pondo Mother and Child’, £200,000  to £300,000.
Gerard Sekoto, (1913-1993)  `Yellow Houses, District Six’ £200,000  to £300,000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) `Bosveld’ £180,000 to £220,000
Irma Stern, `Still life of tree tulips’ £150,000 to £200,000.
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, ‘Stormclouds over the veld’ £120000 to £180,000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, `Veld scene’£120,000 to £180,000
Irma Stern, ‘The Fete’ £120,000 to £180000
Gerard Sekoto, Schoolgirls (Sophiatown?) circa 1943/44) £100,000 to £150,000

March 28 – April 4 Sydney: Dorryce Rock – Dank St Depot

The nature of Dorryce’s work are a great example of how modern Australian artists and the design world work together these days: she has been involved in major collaborations with fashion designer Kit Willow (August 2010) and for this year has two paintings being produced as carpets by Designer Rugs.

May 24 London: Bonhams Israeli Art Sale

BONHAMS LAUNCH MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI ART SALE IN

LONDON IN MAY

Bonhams will hold their inaugural sale of modern and contemporary Israeli Art and Judaica in their New Bond Street saleroom on May 24, the only auction of its kind in the UK.

Giles Peppiatt, Head of Israeli Art at Bonhams, comments: “The market for modern and contemporary Israeli & Judaica Art has shown exceptional growth and strength in recent years. The sale will provide an impressive showcase of works of the highest quality. Interest from both private collectors and museums internationally ensures that this event will be an exciting new venture for Bonhams. The company has sold Israeli and Judaica art in the past as part of its Travel and Topographical sales but this will be a stand alone sale of this art for the first time.”

Bonhams have teamed up with an Israeli partner in this venture, the Montefiore Auction House in Tel Aviv (www.montefiore.co.il), which will help to source items for sale. Montefiore is situated in the centre of Tel Aviv, on 34 Nachmani Street, near the famous Rothschild Avenue. The Auction House holds several auctions each year at the prestigious Dan Hotel, which include both Israeli and international artworks: paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphic and paper art of past and present well-known artists.

Some early items in this first Bonhams sale in London include:

* Marcel Janco (1895 – 1984), Marina, 1930, Oil on canvas, estimate
£ 100,000-150,000.

* Israel Hershberg B. 1948, Jerusalem, City Centre, 1989-90, Oil on canvas, Provenance:  Marlborogh Gallery, London, £ 100,000-150,000

*Ludwig Blum, (Israeli, 1891-1975), Jerusalem,  signed and dated ‘L. Blum 1948′ (lower left); signed in Hebrew (lower right) oil on canvas £8,000-12,000

*Alexandre Markelbach, Lighting the Sabbah lamp, oil on panel, signed, £1,500-2,000

Bonhams has a distinguished track record in this market having sold some important works over the years that include:

*An Isidore Kaufman (Austrian 1853-1921), `Portrait of Rabbi Nadvorno’, oil on panel, sold for £90,000.

*Reuven Rubin (Israeli, 1893-1974) `Ruth’, 1963, oil on canvas, sold for £38,000.

*Ludwig Blum (Israeli, 1891-1975), `Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives’, oil on canvas, sold for £34,000.

*Theo Tobiasse (Israeli, born 1927) ‘Le poete est la coleur du temps qui passe’  sold for £20,000

*A pair of George III silver and parcel-gilt Rimmonim Torah scroll decorations) and matching Yad (reading pointer) sold for £62,000.