▣ Irma Stern (이르마 스턴) - 50 Artworks - Auction Prices

Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966)

The World Record Price for Irma Stern at auction is 3,044,000 GBP (4,063,976 USD) for "Arab Priest", sold at Bonhams's London on 23 March 2011.

Irma Stern Auction Results.
Price High to Low (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium).

Lot Sold. GBP 3,044,000 (USD 4,063,976)
Bonhams's London, 23 Mar 2011
< Arab Priest >

[ 1945, Oil on canvas, 97 x 86 cm (38 3/16 x 33 7/8 in). ]

Lot Sold. GBP 2,372,000 (USD 3,186,678)
Bonhams's London, 27 Oct 2010 
< Bahora Girl >

[ 1945, Oil on canvas, 87 x 71 cm (34 1/4 x 27 15/16 in). ]

Lot Sold. GBP 1,700,000 (USD 2,256,349)
Bonhams's London, 23 Mar 2011
< Seated Nude with Oranges >

[ 1934, Oil on canvas, 88 x 83 cm (34 5/8 x 32 11/16 in). ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 17,267,000 (USD 2,038,872)
Strauss's Cape Town, 11 Jun 2012
< Arab >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 66.5 x 65.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 13,368,000 (USD 1,951,305)
Strauss's Cape Town, 11 Oct 2010
< Gladioli >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 99 x 93 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 21,166,000 (USD 1,775,217)
Strauss's Cape Town, 26 Sep 2011
< Two Arabs >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 75 x 97cm including frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 1,222,750 (USD 1,661,473)
Bonhams's London, 12 Oct 2021
< Lelemana Dance >

[ 1945, oil on canvas, 68.5 x 68.5 cm (26 15/16 x 26 15/16 in). ]

Lot Sold. GBP 1,202,500 (USD 1,607,959)
Bonhams's London, 02 Oct 2013
< The Malay Bride >

[ 194[2], oil on canvas, 69 x 51 cm (27 3/16 x 20 1/16 in). ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 11,140,000 (USD 1,597,591)
Strauss's Cape Town, 01 Nov 2010
< White Lilies > 

[ 1936, oil on canvas, 67.5 x 64.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 1,161,250 (USD 1,552,193)
Bonhams's London, 26 Oct 2011
< Watussi Woman >

[ 1942, oil on canvas, 85.5 x 85.5 cm (33 11/16 x 33 11/16 in). ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 10,583,000 (USD 1,538,768)
Strauss's Cape Town, 07 Mar 2011
< Still Life of Delphiniums >

[ 1938, oil on canvas laid down on board, 99 x 73.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 1,082,500 (USD 1,448,108)
Bonhams's London, 19 Mar 2014
< Zanzibar Woman >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 61 x 52 cm (24 x 20 1/2 in). within original Zanzibar frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 20,484,000 (USD 1,419,541)
Strauss's Cape Town, 18 Mar 2019
< Arab >

[ 1945, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 65 cm including frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 11,697,000 (USD 1,312,403)
Strauss's Cape Town, 04 Feb 2013
< Malay Girl >

[ 1938, oil on canvas, 56 x 57.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 922,750 (USD 1,289,451)
Bonhams's London, 17 Mar 2021
< Arab with Dagger >

[ 1945, oil on canvas, 71.5 x 71.5 cm (28 1/8 x 28 1/8 in). ]

Lot Sold. GBP 959,650 (USD 1,282,104)
Bonhams's London, 21 Mar 2012
< The pink sari >

[ 1947, oil on canvas, 67 x 49 cm (26 3/8 x 19 5/16 in). within original Zanzibar frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 962,500 (USD 1,273,326)
Bonhams's London, 01 Oct 2014
< Still life with African Woman >

[ 1945, oil on canvas, 79 x 79 cm (31 1/8 x 31 1/8 in). within original Zanzibar frame ]

Lot Sold. ​GBP 960,000

Sotheby's London, 27 Sep 2024

< Lady of the Harem >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 117 x 84.7 cm. 46 x 33⅜ in. (including artist's frame) ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 22,303,125 (USD 1,227,646)
Strauss's Cape Town, 28 Mar 2023

< Children Reading the Koran >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 77.5 x 97.5 x 5.5 cm including frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 8,355,000 (USD 1,198,193)
Strauss's Cape Town, 01 Nov 2010
< Lilies >

[ 1944, oil on canvas, 60 x 65 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 17,070,000 (USD 1,182,264)
Strauss's Cape Town, 18 Mar 2019
< Meditation, Zanzibar >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 99 x 93 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 569,300 (USD 1,164,560)
Christie's London, 12 Dec 2007
< Congolese Woman >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 13,641,600 (USD 1,144,137)
Strauss's Cape Town, 06 Mar 2017
< Young Arab >

[ 1942, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 842,500 (USD 1,126,574)
Bonhams's London, 09 Sep 2015
< Arab in Black >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in). within an original Zanzibar frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 692,000 (USD 1,124,431)
Bonhams's London, 23 Mar 2011
< Portrait of a Malay child >

[ 1941, oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in). ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 16,159,600 (USD 1,123,092)
Strauss's Cape Town, 20 May 2019
< Still Life with Fruit and Dahlias >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 85 x 95 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 842,500 (USD 1,116,397)
Bonhams's London, 14 Sep 2016
< Arab with Jug >

[ 1945, oil on canvas, 55.5 x 65 cm (21 7/8 x 25 9/16 in) ]

① Lot Sold. ZAR 7,510,800
Strauss's Cape Town, 08 Jun 2022

② Lot Sold. ZAR 8,355,000 (USD 1,106,202)
Strauss's Cape Town, 06 Feb 2012
< Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Pink Hijab >

[ 1941, oil on canvas, 69 by 69 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 14,794,000 (USD 1,025,224)
Strauss's Cape Town, 18 Mar 2019
< The Mauve Sari >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 78 x 78 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 9,662,800 (USD 981,740)
Strauss's Cape Town, 21 Oct 2013
< Magnolias and Fruit >

[ 1947, oil on canvas, 85 by 97.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 9,662,800 (USD 981,740)

Strauss's Cape Town, 21 Oct 2013

< Composition >

[ 1923, oil on canvas, 139 x 95.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 7,575,200 (USD 976,443)
Strauss's Cape Town, 24 May 2010
< Still Life with Gladioli and Fruit >

[ 1934, oil on canvas, 85 x 85 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 7,798,000 (USD 877,275)
Strauss's Cape Town, 08 Oct 2012
< Still Life with Pomegranates >

[ 1947, oil on canvas, 58 x 58 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 535,200 (USD 845,765)
Bonhams's London, 27 Oct 2010
< Still life with a vase of Gladioli on a draped table >

[ 1949, oil on canvas, 86.3 x 68.6 cm (34 x 27 in). ]

Lot Sold. GBP 541,250 (USD 816,963)
Bonhams's London, 20 Mar 2013

< Congolese beauty >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 68.6 x 50.5 cm (27 x 19 7/8 in). ]

① Lot Sold. ZAR 14,794,000 (USD 804,284)
Strauss's Cape Town, 11 May 2020

② Lot Sold. ZAR 10,572,240
Strauss's Cape Town, 10 Oct 2016
< Still Life with Lilies >

[ 1947, oil on canvas, 83 x 76.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 457,250 (USD 734,892)
Sotheby's London, 09 Feb 2011
< Banana Carrier >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 51.5 x 51.5 cm., 20 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. ]

Lot Sold. GBP 457,250 (USD 725,839)
Bonhams's London, 21 Mar 2012
< Zulu girl >

[ 1935, oil on canvas, 58 x 48 cm (22 13/16 x 18 7/8 in). ]

① Lot Sold. ZAR 10,469,600 (USD 712,605)
Strauss's Cape Town, 06 Apr 2022

② Lot Sold. ZAR 6,593,440
Strauss's Cape Town, 17 Mar 2014
< Dakar Woman > 

[ 1938, oil on canvas, 59 x 50 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 7,241,000 (USD 683,435)
Strauss's Cape Town, 09 Mar 2009
< Magnolias in an Earthenware Pot >

[ 1949, oil on canvas, 68 x 84 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 11,380,000 (USD 674,948)
Strauss's Cape Town, 07 Oct 2019
< A Watussi Woman with Mountains >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 48 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 9,104,000 (USD 635,018)
Strauss's Cape Town, 15 Oct 2018
< Dahlias >

[ 1947, oil on canvas, 96 x 84 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 11,380,000 (USD 618,680)
Strauss's Cape Town, 11 May 2020
< Zanzibar Arab >

[ 1939, oil on canvas, 67 x 64.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 438,500 (USD 606,095)
Sotheby's London, 20 Oct 2021
< Watussi Princess (Emma Bakayishonga) >

[ 1942, Oil on canvas, 69 x 55 cm. 27 x 21½ in. ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 11,437,500 (USD 598,853)
Strauss's Cape Town, 16 May 2023
< Still Life with Dahlias and Pumpkin >

[ 1944, oil on canvas, 85 x 85.5 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 504,300 (USD 565,422)
Bonhams's London, 19 Oct 2022
< Magnolias >

[ 1946, oil on linen, 85 x 85 cm (33 7/16 x 33 7/16 in). (framed) ]

Lot Sold. GBP 416,750 (USD 538,524)
Sotheby's London, 16 May 2017
< Sunflowers >

[ 1942, oil on canvas, 86 x 86cm., 33¾ x 33¾ in. ]

Lot Sold. GBP 447,062 (USD 519,844)
Bonhams's London, 18 Mar 2020
< Watussi Chief's Wife >

[ 1946, Oil on canvas, 63.2 x 50.5 cm. (24 7/8 x 19 7/8 in). ]

Lot Sold. ZAR 8,535,000 (USD 517,273)
Strauss's Cape Town, 28 Jul 2020
< Congo Forest Scene >

[ 1946, oil on canvas, 69 x 68 cm excluding frame ]

Lot Sold. GBP 435,000 (USD 515,475)
Sotheby's London, 25 Mar 2020
< Grape Packer >

[ 1959, Oil on canvas, 87 x 69 cm. 34¼ x 27¼ in. ]

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