Strauss & co - 2017 Review

Van Essche’s imaginative scenes of Congolese women bearing loads of domestic duty are now attracting competitive bidding at auction. Of the four works in this category sold in 2017, the Maurice van Essche Figures in a Clearing Sold R227 360, 16 October 2017 tops lots were Figures in a Clearing (undated) and Women and Children in a Landscape (undated), both of which sold for R227 360. 34