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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Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975)
ZAR 300,780 price realized incl. premium
≈ $42,963≈ £26,740≈ €30,851
Hammer ZAR 270,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 300,780
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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
- 40,5 by 51cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important British, Continental and South African Paintings (12)
- Date
- November 1, 2010
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 192
- Estimate
- ZAR 150,000 – ZAR 200,000 (≈ $21,426 – $28,568) (≈ £13,335 – £17,781) (≈ €15,386 – €20,514)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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