Jo Ratcliffe, Mural portraits depicting Fidel Castro, Agostinho Neto and Leonid Brezhnev, painted on the wall of a house in Viriambundo, Angola, circa 1975, triptych, hand-printed silver gelatin print on paper

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Mural portraits depicting Fidel Castro, Agostinho Neto and Leonid Brezhnev, painted on the wall of a house in Viriambundo, Angola, circa 1975, triptych

Jo Ratcliffe (South African, b. 1961)

ZAR 47,796 price realized incl. premium

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Hammer ZAR 42,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 47,796

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Medium: Photograph · Photography all photograph results →
As published: “hand-printed silver gelatin print on paper”
Support: Paper
Category: Prints (general)
Dimensions: each: image size 50cm by 39cm, sheet size: 59,5cm by 49,5cm; 65 by 54,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Auction house: Strauss & Co
Sale: The Oliver Powell and Timely Investments Trust Collection (223)
Date: September 20, 2022
Location: South Africa
Lot: 104
Estimate: ZAR 40,000 – ZAR 60,000 (≈ $2,254 – $3,380) (≈ £1,972 – £2,959) (≈ €2,257 – €3,385)
Source: Auction house straussart.co.za ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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