# South African art has broken yet another record with Vladimir Tretchikoff’s 1955 portrait Lady from the Orient selling for 31.9-million-rand at a Johannesburg auction. The masterpiece captivated bidders with 89 rapid bids, making local history. Internationally, Marlene Dumas’s 1997 painting Miss January also set a new world record for a living female artist, selling for 251.6-million-rand in New York. Together, these achievements showcase South African art’s growing global influence and success.
SA art breaks another record with R31-million sale of Tretchikoff’s portrait