Strauss & co - 2017 Review

Other noteworthy sales of earlier South African artists included Maggie Laubser’s Shepherd Seated with his Flock , which sold for R3 978 800 million. Painted during the artist’s retreat to her family farm, Oortmanspoort, the work was exhibited at the 1936 Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg. Maggie Laubser Shepherd Seated with his Flock Sold R3 978 800, 6 March 2017 Laubser’s portrait of a confident herdsman with two peacock feathers in his hat, The Old Shepherd , sold in October for R3 183 040. Originally from Bloemfontein, Laubser described him as an inveterate storyteller. © The Estate of Maggie Laubser | DALRO 26