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Mixed media · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 19, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
Abstract Composition
Douglas Portway (South African, 1922–1993)
ZAR 1,173 price realized incl. premium
≈ $61≈ £49≈ €57
Hammer ZAR 1,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 1,173
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Works on paper all mixed media results →As published: “mixed media on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 68
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 39 by 51cm excluding frame; 63 by 75 by 3,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Azaria to Zerffi: Selected Works from a Family Collection (254)
- Date
- May 15, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 143
- Estimate
- ZAR 2,000 – ZAR 4,000 (≈ $105 – $210) (≈ £84 – £168) (≈ €96 – €193)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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