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Failure Loop by Chris Valentine, 2019, oil on board, offered Jul 2025Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗

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Failure Loop

Chris Valentine (South African, b. 1990) · 2019

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate ZAR 15,000 – ZAR 20,000 (≈ $839 – $1,119) (≈ £622 – £830) (≈ €718 – €957)

Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on board”
Support
Board
Signed / inscribed
Signed and dated
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
196 by 150cm excluding frame; 199 by 151 by 3,5cm including frame
Auction house
Strauss & Co
Sale
July ART (401)
Date
July 14, 2025
Location
South Africa
Lot
246
Estimate
ZAR 15,000 – ZAR 20,000 (≈ $839 – $1,119) (≈ £622 – £830) (≈ €718 – €957)
Source
Auction house straussart.co.za ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2024 and 2025 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2

  1. Failure Loop, Strauss & Co 2024

    Sep 9, 2024 · Strauss & Co

    September ART, lot 250

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000

    As catalogued

    Chris Valentine, “Failure Loop”

    oil on board

    196 by 150cm excluding frame; 199 by 151 by 3,5cm including frame

  2. Failure Loop, Strauss & Co 2025

    Jul 14, 2025 · Strauss & Co this result

    July ART, lot 246

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 15,000 – ZAR 20,000

    As catalogued

    Chris Valentine, “Failure Loop”, 2019

    oil on board

    196 by 150cm excluding frame; 199 by 151 by 3,5cm including frame

Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 93%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.

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