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Auction result
The Swing
Deborah Bell (South African, b. 1957) · 1986
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $1,115 – $1,673) (≈ £921 – £1,382) (≈ €1,043 – €1,565)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on cottonwool paper, handmade by the artist, laid down on board”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 57 by 80cm excluding frame; 61 by 84,5 by 5,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art, with a focus on Abstraction (236)
- Date
- February 13, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 133
- Estimate
- ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $1,115 – $1,673) (≈ £921 – £1,382) (≈ €1,043 – €1,565)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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