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Oil
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2022ZAR 1,138,000 ≈ $64,456 ≈ £56,825 ≈ €65,068Sign up free to see price
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Poseidon
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975)
ZAR 3,414,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $272,471≈ £203,534≈ €232,147
Hammer ZAR 3,000,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 3,414,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “intaglio, oil on fibre glass”
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 92,5 by 107 by 23cm
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important South African and International Art (94)
- Date
- June 4, 2018
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 288
- Estimate
- ZAR 3,000,000 – ZAR 5,000,000 (≈ $239,430 – $399,050) (≈ £178,853 – £298,088) (≈ €203,996 – €339,993)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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