Strauss & co - Review 2022

• In November, IN/FORM: Exploring South African Sculpture surveyed various developments in three-dimensional artistic production from modernist pioneer Anton van Wouw to contemporary artists Josephine Ghesa, Frances Goodman and Angus Taylor. Dylan Lewis and Edoardo Villa earned the top prices, Lewis for a pair of cheetahs (S347) and Villa for his majestic two-metre bronze Mother and Child . Each work sold for R910 400 ($53 789). • Also in November, Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape drew attention to an evergreen landscape genre. Gregoire Boonzaier, Terrence McCaw and Nita Spilhaus posted strong results. Frances Goodman  Pink Pearl  Sold R34 140 ($2 008) 7 November, IN/FORM: Exploring South African Sculpture In addition to these curated initiatives, Strauss & Co has fine- tuned its online portal to enable buyers to curate their own selections. An automated system of notifications will enable buyers to track favourite artists and/or works in preferred media. Establishing a wish list requires some basic input from buyers. Buyers must be logged into their profiles on Strauss & Co’s online portal. The system is intuitive. To view any existing wish lists, click on the heart icon in the upper right corner of the splash page, which leads to a page with favourites. Alternately, follow the “browse by artist” button to an artist page and click the button “track this artist”. Strauss & Co specialists are at hand to assist with basic logistics of setting up a curated wish list. 36