Strauss & co - 20 May 2013, Johannesburg

136 243 Irma STERN south african 1894–1966 Proteas signed and dated 1924 oil on canvas 58,5 by 48,5 cm R1 000 000–1 500 000 provenance Rebecca Hourwich Reyher, Robinhood, Maine, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1925 Westbrook College, Portland, Maine, by whom acquired from the above in 1976; ownership then passed to the University of New England with the merger of the College with the University in 1996 exhibited Ashbey’s Art Gallery, Cape Town, Exhibition of Modern Art by Miss Irma Stern , February 1925, catalogue number 5 Westbrook College, Alexander Hall Gallery, Portland, Maine, Sinon-Reyher and Americana Collection , October to November 1978, University of New England, Portland, Maine, 2009