May Hillhouse
South African · 1908–2008 · Painter, Printmaker
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Record prices
Still Life with a Teapot and Flowers on a Checked TableclothStrauss & Co · ZAR 189,380≈ $25,720≈ £16,028≈ €17,422Sign up to see
PastoraleStrauss & Co · ZAR 100,260≈ $14,552≈ £9,133≈ €10,442Sign up to see
A Head of a WomanStrauss & Co · ZAR 63,498≈ $9,069≈ £5,595≈ €6,413Sign up to see
May Hillhouse’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Lots sold
21
of 42 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
50%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 25 | 13 | 52% | $5.5kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $25.7kSign up |
| Oil | 25 | 13 | 52% | $5.5kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $25.7kSign up |
| Works on paper | 10 | 5 | 50% | $2.5kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Watercolor | 5 | 3 | 60% | $1.6kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $3.3kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.5kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $1.5kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $6.1kSign up | $6.1kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Prints & multiples | 7 | 3 | 43% | $238Sign up | $139Sign up | $513Sign up |
| Lithograph | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Woodcut / linocut | 5 | 2 | 40% | $100Sign up | $100Sign up | $139Sign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $513Sign up | $513Sign up | $513Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.