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Drawing (ink) · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 17, 2026ZAR 18,737 ≈ $1,158 ≈ £854 ≈ €999Sign up free to see price
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Abstract Composition
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975)
ZAR 91,040 price realized incl. premium
≈ $6,338≈ £4,973≈ €5,676
Hammer ZAR 80,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 91,040
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 23,5 by 23,5cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (112)
- Date
- May 20, 2019
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 98
- Estimate
- ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 120,000 (≈ $5,570 – $8,354) (≈ £4,370 – £6,555) (≈ €4,988 – €7,481)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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