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Cecil Higgs, Abstract with Shells, watercolour on paper© Strauss & Co — view on Strauss & Co website ↗

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Abstract with Shells

Cecil Higgs (South African, 1898–1986)

ZAR 21,105 price realized incl. premium

≈ $1,425≈ £1,028≈ €1,216

Hammer ZAR 18,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 21,105

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Medium
Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →
As published: “watercolour on paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed and indistinctly dated
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
40 by 57,5cm excluding frame; 67,5 by 82,5 by 4cm including frame
Auction house
Strauss & Co
Sale
The Professor Leon Strydom Collection and Sixty Years of Collecting Linn Ware, The David Hall Collection (150)
Date
August 10, 2021
Location
South Africa
Lot
276
Estimate
ZAR 18,000 – ZAR 24,000 (≈ $1,215 – $1,620) (≈ £877 – £1,169) (≈ €1,037 – €1,382)
Source
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Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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