Strauss & co - 2016 Review

On the same auction, Space Angel , a high-relief gessowork depicting a disembodied aquiline head from 1971, fetched R6 593 440. There was intense bidding for Preller’s portrait Woman with Red Hair / Ophelia , from the Hardebeck Collection, which sold for R2 273 600, a ten-fold improvement over the median estimate. Revelation , a 1945 painting based on Preller’s experiences as a prisoner of war, drew a number of bids and eventually sold to a telephone bidder for R2 728 320. Alexis Preller Archaic Sandals Sold R818 496, 7 November 2016 Alexis Preller Breying The Riems Sold R1 705 200, 7 November 2016 17