Strauss & co - Review 2009

27 Old Oyster Woman signed oil on canvas, 59 by 59 cm SOLD R1 448 200, MARCH 2009 Dorothy Kay S OUTH A FRICAN 1886-1964 World Record Selected for the cover of Strauss & Co.’s inaugural sale which took place at the Country Club Johannesburg in March 2009, this remarkable painting by Eastern Cape artist, Dorothy Kay, is both a sensitively painted portrait of an individual and an acutely observed study of an oyster gatherer’s determination to survive at all costs.