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Serenity
Ben Macala (South African, 1938–1997)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £500 – £700 (≈ $756 – $1,058) (≈ €583 – €817)
Offered at Bonhams and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “pastel”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Pastels
- Dimensions
- 89 x 24cm (35 1/16 x 9 7/16in).
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Art & Antiques (20692)
- Date
- May 29, 2013
- Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 150
- Estimate
- £500 – £700 (≈ $756 – $1,058) (≈ €583 – €817)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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