Children Reading the Koran
Irma Stern (South African, 1894 - 1966)
26
ZAR 10,000,000 - ZAR 11,000,000
Oil on canvas, in a Zanzibari frame
Paintings
61 cm - 86 cm (24.02 in - 33.86 in)
1939
77,5 by 97,5 by 5,5cm including frame; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date, the title and medium on a Rembrandt Art Foundation label adhered to the reverse; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date and the title on a Pretoria Art Museum labe

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Modern and Contemporary Art
Mar 27, 2023
Estate Late Lilian Isaacson. Stephan Welz & Co in Association with Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, 8 November 1999, lot 483. Private Collection.
South African National Gallery, Rembrandt Van Rijn Art Foundation, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, Homage to Irma Stern 1894–1966, 1968, catalogue no. 17. Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, Irma Stern: Expressions of a Journey, 25 September to 29 November 2003, illustrated in colour on page 102 with the title ‘Children Writing’.
Modern and Contemporary Art
Children Reading the Koran
26
ZAR 10,000,000 - ZAR 11,000,000
Oil on canvas, in a Zanzibari frame
Paintings
61 cm - 86 cm (24.02 in - 33.86 in)
1939
77,5 by 97,5 by 5,5cm including frame; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date, the title and medium on a Rembrandt Art Foundation label adhered to the reverse; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date and the title on a Pretoria Art Museum labe

Signed / Inscribed
Signedin to unlock
Strauss & Co | Online
Mar 27, 2023
Estate Late Lilian Isaacson. Stephan Welz & Co in Association with Sotheby’s, Johannesburg, 8 November 1999, lot 483. Private Collection.
South African National Gallery, Rembrandt Van Rijn Art Foundation, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, Homage to Irma Stern 1894–1966, 1968, catalogue no. 17. Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, Irma Stern: Expressions of a Journey, 25 September to 29 November 2003, illustrated in colour on page 102 with the title ‘Children Writing’.
Modern and Contemporary Art