Counterfeit
Fakes Offered for sale, auction and or sold
Lot 0112
11 April 2012
Figure Study. Signed indistinctly l.r., inscribed "Dumile Feni" in pen on the frame backing paper. Pencil and charcoal on paper,
10 1/2 x 5 5/8 in., framed. Condition: Mat burn to edges, hinged to window mat
Attributed to Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxga - Provenance: Garth Glasson, Broad Street Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
Lot 6
21 Oct 2017
signed lower right, PROVENANCE: Garth Glasson, Durban, South African gallery label verso
Other Counterfeits
Identified By Gerard de Kamper
Title unknown
- Jeffrey Stephan Wailer (ID# 6003155075086) of 64 Portman Place, 5 Melrose Street Melrose, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2196 by private sale on or around 2016
- First via Strauss & Co (April 2017)
- Second direct to Armien Tyer (May 2017)
- Strauss & Co by
- Online only auction
- South African and International art, Dec arts & books
- April 9 2017
- Armien Tyer by private sale on or about
- Ashbey’s Galleries
1.Argument
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1. Offered by Jeffrey Stephan Wailer on or about January 2017
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a. As Lot 116 by Strauss & Co 9 April 2017
- i. Withdrawn by Struass & Co During April/May 2017
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b. For private sale to Armien Tyer on or about May 2017
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2. Offered by Armien Tyer
a. As Lot 214 by Ashbey’s Galleries on or about 1st January 2022-
i. Withdrawn by Ashbey’s Galleries on or about 27 January 2022
Man with towel
- 1. Offered by Jeffrey Stephan Wailer on or about January 2017
1.a As Lot 116 by Strauss & Co 9 April 2017
- a.i Withdrawn by Struass & Co During April/May 2017
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1.b For private sale to Armien Tyer on or about May 2017
2 Offered by Armien Tyer 2.a As Lot 214 by Ashbey’s Galleries on or about 1st January 2022
a.i Withdrawn by Ashbey’s Galleries on or about 27 January 2022Woman and Man
- 1. Offered by Jeffrey Stephan Wailer on or about January 2017
1.a As Lot 116 by Strauss & Co 9 April 2017
- a.i Withdrawn by Struass & Co During April/May 2017
1.b For private sale to Armien Tyer on or about May 2017 2. Offered by Armien Tyer 2.a As Lot 214 by Ashbey’s Galleries on or about 1st January 2022 a.i Withdrawn by Ashbey’s Galleries on or about 27 January 20224 x counterfeits offered for sale by various consignors via Aspire Art Auctions
Consignor unknown
1 Couple (lot 47)
ink on paper
139 x 94 cm
Sale Date Oct 31, 2021
As Lot 47
Chained figure
ink on paper
94 x 60 cm
Signed
Sale Date Oct 31, 2021
Lot 48
African Woman (lot 74)
ink on paper
79 x 58 cm
Signed
Sale Date Oct 31, 2021
Lot 74
4. Figure and Skulls
ink on paper
52.5 x 37 cm
Signed
Sale Date Oct 31, 2021
Lot 75
During 2012
As reported by the Conversation in an article by Gerard de Kamper
11 February 2020
3 x counterfeit Dumile Feni works offered for sale by various consignors via Strauss & Co and Ashbey’s Galleries
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Consignors