Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

127 THE KÜPPER FAMILY COLLECTION T O P L A C E A B I D C L I C K O N T H E R E D L O T N U M B E R 899 Maggie Laubser SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1973 Boy in a Fez signed oil on cardboard 44 by 35 cm R500 000 – 700 000 PROVENANCE Gifted by the artist to the current owner’s family. The Küpper Family Collection Jan Hugo and Sophie Charlotte Küpper came to South Africa from Germany, as members of the Moravian Mission Society. In 1928, they settled at the society’s mission station at Mamre, in the Western Cape, where Jan ran the Mission’s general dealer store. At the time Maggie Laubser was living at Oortmanspost, the Laubser family farm, not far from Mamre, and she became acquainted with the Küppers. She stayed with them whenever she wanted to paint in the area and, in gratitude for the Küppers’ hospitality during these visits, Maggie would give her hosts one or more paintings. The six artworks (lots 898–903) by Maggie Laubser on this sale were acquired by the family in this way, and they act as both a testament to the friendship between the artist and the Küppers, and a time capsule of the era in which they were produced. 898 Maggie Laubser SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1973 Woman with Headscarf signed with the artist’s initials charcoal and pastel on paper laid down on card 54 by 41 cm R50 000 – 70 000 PROVENANCE Gifted by the artist to the current owner’s family. LITERATURE Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics , Johannesburg: Perskor, similar examples illustrated in black and white on page 321, catalogue number 1351, and page 322, catalogue numbers 1353 and 1354 Accompanied by 3 books on the artist, 3 exhibition catalogues, an unopened newspaper, 2 letters, 3 postcards and an assortment of press clippings. Sophie Charlotte Küpper and her two sons in their house in Mamre. Maggie Laubser’s Woman with Headscarf (lot 898) is visible on the wall. ©The Estate of Maggie Laubser | DALRO ©The Estate of Maggie Laubser | DALRO