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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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Icarus Falling
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975) · 1940
ZAR 23,422 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,432≈ £1,063≈ €1,231
Hammer ZAR 20,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 23,422
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pen and pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 40 in pencil
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 32 by 22cm excluding frame; 68,5 by 53 by 4cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Day Sale (509)
- Date
- May 26, 2026
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 47
- Estimate
- ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $489 – $734) (≈ £363 – £545) (≈ €420 – €631)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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