Introduction:The Modern and Contemporary Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts, Wine & Jewellery is scheduled on Feb 11, 2018 at Aspire Art Auction’s location in Cape Town. The auction will feature over 104 works, including - Prints, Sculpture ,Decorative Arts ,Paintings ,Photography, Lighting, Jewellery.The auction is expected to realize a sale between to R 15,530,000 and R 23,405,000. Blouin ArtInfo takes this opportunity to present numerical insights of this upcoming auction.Auction Preview Analysis powered by BASI (Blouin Art Sales Index): For the art enthusiasts, this segment provides data-driven insights that will help them prepare better for the auctions. This covers: • Top artists by estimated sales.• How have the top artists featuring in this auction performed in the past?• Top artworks on offer in this auction.• Top 5 Lots of this auction.1. Top Artists by Estimated Sales in this AuctionThe top artists by estimated sales are shown in the illustrated graphic here. This includes Gerhard Marx, Irma Stern, William Kentridge, Dylan Lewis, Angus Taylor, and Robert Hodgins.2. How have the Top Artists featuring in this Auction Performed in the Past?The top artists featuring in this auction were further analyzed by four different parameters, viz. Total Sale (in USD), Number of Artworks sold, Average Sales Price and Median Sales Price. The trend of these four parameters for the period 2009 to 2017 is shown below. Overall momentum of the artists: William Kentridge, Irma Stern, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Dylan Lewis and Robert Hodgins.3. Top Artworks on OfferThe top lot on offer by estimated price (high-to-low) is presented in the graph below. William Kentridge & Gerhard Marx’s artwork “Fire Walker” is expected to be the top lot of this sale, estimated to sell between R 3,000,000 to R 5,000,000 and Irma Stern’s “Hydrangeas and St Joseph lilies in the artist’s handmade ceramic jug” is expected to be the top lot of this sale estimated to sell between R 3,00 0,000 to R 4,000,000. The other top artists to watch out for are Dylan Lewis, Angus Taylor, Robert Hodgins, Willem Hendrik Adriaan Boshoff, John Meyer, Ephraim Ngatane.4. Top 5 Lots of this auctionThe top lots by estimated sales are shown here. This includes the works of artists William Kentridge & Gerhard Marx, Irma Stern, Dylan Lewis, Angus Taylor and Robert Hodgins.
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