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Shells
Cecil Higgs (South African, 1898–1986)
ZAR 5,277 price realized incl. premium
≈ $312≈ £267≈ €312
Hammer ZAR 4,500 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 5,277
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Works on paper all mixed media results →As published: “mixed media on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 81
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 34,5 by 38cm excluding frame; 60,5 by 60 by 2cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- 19th Century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (204)
- Date
- August 29, 2022
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 87
- Estimate
- ZAR 5,000 – ZAR 7,000 (≈ $296 – $414) (≈ £253 – £354) (≈ €296 – €414)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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