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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
Profile Head
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911–1975)
ZAR 1,138,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $79,228≈ £62,164≈ €70,948
Hammer ZAR 1,000,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 1,138,000
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 69
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 40,5 by 46cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (112)
- Date
- May 20, 2019
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 216
- Estimate
- ZAR 600,000 – ZAR 800,000 (≈ $41,772 – $55,696) (≈ £32,775 – £43,700) (≈ €37,407 – €49,876)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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