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01/09/2026

The Blue Chip Room is pleased to invite collectors and owners of South African art to our South African Art Valuation & Advisory Day in Johannesburg.

This private, by-appointment service provides an opportunity to have individual artworks or collections professionally assessed and to receive confidential, informed guidance regarding their current market position and potential value.
Our advisory service is suitable for collectors, private individuals, families and estates seeking professional insight into works acquired privately, inherited, or held within established collections.

Services include:
• Professional art valuations
• Artist identification and attribution guidance
• Current market assessment
• Collection and estate advisory
• Guidance regarding the potential sale of artworks
• Acquisition and collection management advice
All consultations are conducted with professionalism, discretion and strict confidentiality.
By appointment only.

Johannesburg, Cape Town The Blue Chip Room South Africa
To arrange a private consultation:
The Blue Chip Room
📞 +27 77 376 7779
🌐 www.thebluechiproom.com

Expert guidance for informed decisions regarding your South African art collection.

30/08/2026

ADRIAAN BOSHOFF - MOTHER AND CHILDREN

The Blue Chip Room Gallery is pleased to present Mother and Children, an important and beautifully resolved work by Adriaan Boshoff (1935–2007), an artist whose distinctive contribution to South African Impressionism has established a sustained following among collectors.
Boshoff is particularly admired for his plein-air sensibility, expressive impasto and exceptional treatment of light. Working with a richly loaded brush and palette knife, he developed an immediately recognisable painterly language in which landscape, atmosphere and the human figure are rendered with remarkable spontaneity and confidence. His most sought-after compositions frequently explore intimate moments of leisure and domestic life Mother and Children embodies these qualities with particular refinement. Three figures rest quietly at the water’s edge, their presence integrated seamlessly into the surrounding landscape. Across the water, broken passages of rose, ochre, silver-grey and muted blue capture the transient effects of reflected light, while the densely worked foreground provides both texture and compositional weight.
The work is especially compelling for the collector: a substantial 122 cm composition combining Boshoff’s figurative subject matter, waterscape, vigorous impasto and characteristic luminosity. These elements collectively represent some of the most recognisable aspects of his oeuvre.
Boshoff’s work occupies an established position within the South African secondary art market, where strong examples continue to attract the attention of both established and emerging collectors. For the discerning collector, however, the enduring appeal lies beyond market considerations—in the individuality of his technique, the immediacy of his observation and his ability to elevate an intimate moment into a painting of considerable presence.
Adriaan Boshoff (1935–2007)
Mother and Children
Oil on canvas laid on board
74.5 × 122 cm
Price on Application
The Blue Chip Room Gallery
Private collector enquiries are invited.

20/08/2026

SOLD ADRIAAN BOSHOFF
Village with Church
Oil on canvas
23 × 54 cm
The Blue Chip Room is pleased to announce the sale of Village with Church, an evocative landscape by renowned South African artist Adriaan Boshoff.
Distinguished by Boshoff’s expressive brushwork, rich palette and remarkable ability to capture the atmosphere of rural life, this finely composed work reflects the enduring appeal of his artistic legacy.
For professional and confidential assistance with acquiring, valuing or selling important South African art, contact The Blue Chip Room.
📞 +27 77 376 7779
🌐 www.thebluechiproom.com

17/08/2026

JULIA CAVALIERI
A Study in Presence, Memory and the Human Form
The Blue Chip Room is pleased to present this evocative portrait by Julia Cavalieri, a South African artist whose work is distinguished by its sensitivity, introspection and exploration of the human condition.

Cavalieri’s artistic journey is an unconventional one. Having initially studied law in South Africa and subsequently spent a period living and working in Paris, she later returned to Johannesburg and devoted herself increasingly to the visual arts.

Her development as a painter was further influenced by her association with respected South African artist and curator Ricky Burnett, whose approach encouraged an intuitive and expressive engagement with the painted surface.
Working across painting, sculpture and installation, Cavalieri has developed a deeply contemplative visual language. Her practice frequently considers the passage of time, memory, vulnerability, loss and the delicate balance between permanence and impermanence. Recurring imagery including nests, birds, horses and shadows often assumes a metaphorical character, allowing the familiar to become a vehicle for more profound psychological and emotional enquiry.

This portrait reveals another dimension of Cavalieri’s practice.
The sitter emerges quietly from a subdued, almost indeterminate ground. Rather than relying upon precise academic description, Cavalieri allows the figure to develop through restrained passages of colour, softened contours and expressive brushwork. The muted palette of olive, umber and charcoal is interrupted by delicate flesh tones, lending the composition an atmosphere that is at once intimate and enigmatic.

There is a particular stillness to the work. The sitter appears physically present yet psychologically distant, her gaze extending beyond the confines of the canvas. It is this tension between presence and introspection that gives the portrait its quiet authority.

Cavalieri's work reminds us that portraiture need not simply record appearance. At its most compelling, it can suggest something less tangible: a moment, a memory, an interior world.

Julia Cavalieri
South African Artist
Portrait, signed lower right

Presented by The Blue Chip Room

15/08/2026

An exceptional opportunity to acquire a significant work by William Kentridge, one of the most influential contemporary artists of our time.
Title: Cat
Executed as a linocut on pages from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, mounted on Selim Arches Cover White paper, this remarkable work exemplifies Kentridge's distinctive exploration of memory, language, and visual narrative. His innovative use of found materials transforms the printed page into a compelling dialogue between text and image, resulting in a work of enduring intellectual and aesthetic significance.
Medium: Linocut on Shorter Oxford English Dictionary pages mounted on Selim Arches Cover White paper
Sheet Size: 35.5 × 54.5 cm
Price: POA
Works by William Kentridge are held in the collections of many of the world's foremost museums and discerning private collectors. Opportunities to acquire original works of this calibre are increasingly limited.
For collectors seeking museum-quality contemporary South African art with lasting cultural significance and international recognition, Cat represents an outstanding acquisition.
Private enquiries are invited.

09/08/2026

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ART IS WORTH?
Whether you own a single painting, an inherited artwork or an established collection, The Blue Chip Room provides professional, confidential art valuations based on current market information and auction results.
Our valuation and advisory services can assist with:
• Understanding the current market value of your artwork
• Insurance and estate-planning purposes
• Preparing a collection for sale
• Private and confidential art-market advice
To request a valuation, send us clear photographs of the artwork, the artist’s signature, its dimensions and any available history or documentation.
Contact The Blue Chip Room:
📧 [email protected]
📞 +27 77 376 7779
🌐 www.thebluechiproom.com
By appointment only.
The Blue Chip Room Trusted guidance for collectors, estates and art owners.

Address

Sandton

2196

Opening Hours

Monday	10:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	10:00 - 18:00
Thursday	10:00 - 18:00
Friday	10:00 - 18:00
Saturday	10:00 - 15:00
Sunday	10:00 - 15:00

Telephone

+27774938522

Website

http://www.thebluechiproom.com/

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