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Abstract Shells
Cecil Higgs (South African, 1898–1986)
ZAR 1,876 price realized incl. premium
≈ $106≈ £81≈ €97
Hammer ZAR 1,600 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 1,876
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- Medium
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “oil pastel on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials and dated 74
- Category
- Pastels
- Dimensions
- 34,5 by 49,5cm excluding frame; 55,5 by 72 by 2,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- October ART (331)
- Date
- October 9, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 283
- Estimate
- ZAR 2,000 – ZAR 3,000 (≈ $113 – $170) (≈ £87 – £130) (≈ €103 – €155)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Strauss & Co · Oct 9, 2024ZAR 87,938 ≈ $4,985 ≈ £3,810 ≈ €4,550Sign up free to see price
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Strauss & Co · Oct 9, 2024ZAR 82,075 ≈ $4,653 ≈ £3,556 ≈ €4,246Sign up free to see price
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