Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art & Wine

Strauss & Co Online-Only Auction featuring Welgemeend Art Month Auction Items

Session 4 – Welgemeend Art Month 2021 Fundraising Auction (Lots 79 – 86)

 

Raising funds for the upkeep and maintenance of Welgemeend forms an integral part of the August Art Month programme. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we will not be hosting our annual gala dinner and live auction. An online fundraising auction for the benefit of Welgemeend will, however, be held on the  Strauss & Co platform as part of their August online-only auction taking place from 16 to 23 August 2021https://www.straussart.co.za/auctions/

LOT 79

VIP Ticket for two people for unrestricted access to all the scheduled public events taking place during August Art Month 2021 at Welgemeend

R 1 600 – R 2 000

Please find the programme on the Welgemeend website: What’s On

Welgemeend Manor House, 2 Welgemeend Street, Gardens

LOT 80

Art, dinner and wine evening for 8 people at home with Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn and Strauss & Co specialists

R 12 000 – R 16 000

Chairperson of Strauss & Co, Frank Kilbourn, and his wife Lizelle invite you to enjoy a relaxed evening around the dinner table at their home in Cape Town. There will be good food, fine wine, even better conversation (because you will be there) and lots of works by South African artists to look at and talk about. Wine and food pairing by Strauss & Co’s wine specialist, Higgo Jacobs.

DATE ISSUED: 23/08/2021
VALID UNTIL: 23/08/2022

Terms and Conditions: Date suitable to all parties to be arranged with Lizelle (admin@kilbourn.co.za)

Generously donated by Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn

LOT 81

Walter Meyer
SOUTH AFRICAN (1965 – 2017)

Treinspore/Railway Line

signed with the artist’s initials and dated ’08

oil on canvas

60cm by 70cm excluding frame

R 60 000 – R 90 000

Generously donated by Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn

LOT 82

A case if limited edition Saronsberg wines from the Liberi range, with beautiful individual labels designed by artist Claudette Schreuders, 2021

1 (1 x 6)

R 3 000 – R 4 000

The LIBERI range is a collaboration between food producer, ESKORT (Pty) Ltd and Saronsberg Wine Estate, who produced the mouthwatering Pinotage 2017 Reserve. The exquisite labels have been designed by guest artist Claudette Schreuders and recall a series of prints made by the artist to reflect the everyday life of South African society, searching for an “ African” identity in post – apartheid South Africa. The proceeds of wine sales by ESKORT (Pty) Ltd are donated to a range of charities, focusing on education and cultural upliftment.

“LIBERI 2021. For our Children. For the future of South Africa, a future worth fighting for.”

Generously donated by Nick and Mariette van Huyssteen.

LOT 83

Weekend Stay for 8 to 10 people at Grootbos, a luxury eco-reserve close to the Southern tip of Africa tucked between mountains, forest and sea

R 60 000 – R 80 000

Enjoy a two-night getaway for 8 to 10 people in a private Villa on the Grootbos Nature Reserve, Gansbaai. Set apart and surrounded by pristine fynbos, the Villa consists of six elegant suites, with kitchen and all areas fully equipped for selfcatering. Here you can relax in over 1000 square meters of luxury and comfort. The living areas open on to spacious decks and courtyards, with beautiful views of fynbos, Walker Bay and the Hermanus mountains in the distance. The décor and interior design are an extension of the architecture and celebrate the beauty of the landscape. The environment encourages relaxation and enjoyment.

DATE ISSUED: 23/08/2021
VALID UNTIL: 23/08/2022

Terms and Conditions: Reservations are required and subject to availability (option to upgrade to chef and butler services at own cost). Bookings cannot be made between 1 December 2021 – 1 March 2022.

For more information about Grootbos, visit the website: www.grootbos.com

Generously donated by Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn in association with Grootbos.

LOT 84

Delaire Graff Icon Wine Club Membership, South Africa’s most elite wine membeship

R 10 000 – R 12 000

One year membership to South African’s most elite wine membership. As an Icon Club Member you receive two shipments of Delaire Graff’s current portfolio. Members also gain exclusive access to limited edition vintage releases and pre-releases of Delaire Graff’s most exclusive wines.

Members benefits include: complimentary tastings when visiting the Estate, discount on wine purchases, preferential rates when booking at Delaire Graff Lodge, discount on Spa products or Spa treatments, and seasonal recipes created by our talented executive chefs perfectly paired to your wine selection.

Start your membership with the Winter Offering which includes:
1 x Delaire Graff Cabernet Franc Rosé 2020
1 x Delaire Graff Sauvignon Blanc Coastal Cuveé 2020
1 x Delaire Graff White Reserve 2019 (Pre-release)
2 x Delaire Graff Estate Banghoek Reserve Chardonnay 2020 (Pre-release)
1 x Delaire Graff Swartland Graff Swartland Reserve Chenin Blanc 2020
2 x Delaire Graff Shiraz 2019 (New release)
1 x Delaire Graff Botmaskop 2018
2 x Delaire Graff Estate Banghoek Reserve Merlot 2018
1 x Delaire Graff Cape Vintage 2018
(delivery included)

Generously donated by Delaire Graff Estate.

delaire-graff-lodge

LOT 85

Experience a one-night stay in a Superior Lodge for two people at Delaire Graff Lodge and Spa

R 30 000 – R 35 000

Awaken each morning in your luxury accommodation and take a moment to enjoy the breath-taking views before embarking on the day you most desire, be it relaxing on your private deck or exploring the world-renowned Cape Winelands. Our Superior Lodges are architectural works of art with interiors by the celebrated David Collins Studio. Set
amongst indigenous gardens and vineyards, with iconic Cape Winelands views, enjoy unsurpassed comfort in sublime surrounds.

Each Lodge features a private heated pool and terrace from which to enjoy the views of the valley and vines below. Your stay includes full breakfast.

Nestled between majestic mountains and overlooking the vineyards of Stellenbosch, the incredible views provide the perfect backdrop to our outstanding restaurants, state-of-the-art winery, exclusive Lodges, exuberant landscaping, destination Spa and luxury boutiques.

DATE ISSUED: 06/08/2021
VALID UNTIL: 06/08/2022

Terms and Conditions: Reservations are required and subject to availability. Bookings cannot be made between 15 December 2021 – 1 March 2022. Supplements and experiences not mentioned in the voucher are excluded. All inclusions are non-transferable and non-refundable.

To make a reservation: guest.relations@delaire.co.za or call +27 21 885 8160

Generously donated by Delaire Graff Estate.

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LOT 86

Exclusive access for 12 guests to the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden, with a private tour by the artist himself

– Includes coffee, tea and cake upon arrival and departure.
– The tour will take 1,5 to 2 hours.
– The tour will need to take place during the gardens operating hours 08h30 to 17h00.
– The experience can only be made possible on a Friday or Saturday due to the artist’s availability.
– The exact date will be dependent on the availability of the artist and the gardens.
– 12 guests maximum.
– Excludes travel to and from the garden.
– Valid for 1 year post the auction.

R 10 000 – R 12 000

Generously donated by Dylan Lewis.

About The Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden
Over a decade in the making, the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden is a place of expansive vistas, scents, the sounds of nature, with tranquil groves, hidden paths, and lush indigenous vegetation. The project began serendipitously when Lewis hired an excavator on a whim and began shaping the contours of what would become the seven-hectare sculpture garden. Today, the artist continues to explore themes integral to his work in this serene landscape on the slopes of the Stellenbosch Mountain looking out over vineyards towards the ocean. Here, the notion of the untamed wilderness within the human psyche is expressed both in the sculptures and their positioning in the landscape. With over 60 sculptures in the garden, Lewis’s full artistic development thus far can be explored: the human form, shamanic figures, monumental abstracted fragments, and his iconic great cats. Four kilometers of paths lead visitors on a journey through different ‘rooms’, from the cultivated to the wild. Each area has been intuitively developed by the artist in response to its surroundings, from the meditative poplar grove to the jasmine-encircled fire pit. Focused on indigenous species, particularly fynbos, the garden has been planted to give year-round colour. Unearth the wilderness within.

About the Artist
Dylan Lewis was born in 1964 and raised in an artistic family in South Africa. Widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost sculptors of the animal form, the artist initially focused on the big cats as symbols of wilderness, then moved into the human figure to explore the forgotten inner wild spaces of the human psyche and the impact of this amnesia on the planet’s remaining wilderness areas. His international career spans three decades and includes exhibitions in Paris, Sydney, Toronto, Houston, San Francisco, as well as numerous one-man exhibitions in London, where he is among the few living artists to have held solo auctions.