Strauss & co - 7 November 2016, Johannesburg

138 206 Alfred Neville LEWIS south african 1895–1972 Portrait of Blanche Behrmann signed oil on canvas 58 by 45,5 cm R70 000 – 100 000 Blanche Behrmann was the wife of Cecil G. Behrmann, the prominent mid-century art collector, art patron, and property developer (among other prime sites, Behrmann was responsible for Hyde Park Corner in 1969). He would have commissioned this portrait of his then thirty-one year old wife directly from the artist.