Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗The Portuguese Birds
Oil · Board
Strauss & Co · May 26, 2026ZAR 831,780 ≈ $50,855 ≈ £37,757 ≈ €43,712Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Abstract Composition
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975)
ZAR 682,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $42,730≈ £34,214≈ €40,537
Hammer ZAR 600,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 682,800
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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
- 60,5 by 55cm excluding frame; 91 by 86 by 8,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Johannesburg Auction Week (171)
- Date
- May 17, 2022
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 241
- Estimate
- ZAR 600,000 – ZAR 800,000 (≈ $37,548 – $50,064) (≈ £30,065 – £40,086) (≈ €35,621 – €47,495)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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