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Auction result
Adolescent Head
Deborah Bell (South African, b. 1957)
ZAR 11,710 price realized incl. premium
≈ $968≈ £649≈ €902
Hammer ZAR 10,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 11,710
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink, pastel and oil stick”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 27,5 by 24,5cm excluding frame; 39 by 36 by 3cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African and International Art (52)
- Date
- April 20, 2015
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 27
- Estimate
- ZAR 6,000 – ZAR 9,000 (≈ $496 – $744) (≈ £333 – £499) (≈ €462 – €694)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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