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Three Figures
Iris Ampenberger (South African, 1916–1981)
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Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 1,500 – ZAR 2,000 (≈ $82 – $110) (≈ £64 – £86) (≈ €75 – €100)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 3 times ↓
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 38 by 28cm excluding frame; 48,5 by 39,5 by 2,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- August ART (323)
- Date
- August 12, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 412
- Estimate
- ZAR 1,500 – ZAR 2,000 (≈ $82 – $110) (≈ £64 – £86) (≈ €75 – €100)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered 3 times in 2024 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 3
Apr 15, 2024 · Strauss & Co
April Art, lot 135
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 2,000 – ZAR 3,000
As catalogued
Iris Ampenberger, “Three Figures”
ink on paper
38 by 28cm excluding frame; 48,5 by 39,5 by 2,5cm including frame
Aug 12, 2024 · Strauss & Co this result
August ART, lot 412
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 1,500 – ZAR 2,000
As catalogued
Iris Ampenberger, “Three Figures”
ink on paper
38 by 28cm excluding frame; 48,5 by 39,5 by 2,5cm including frame
Dec 2, 2024 · Strauss & Co
November ART, lot 459
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 1,000 – ZAR 2,000
As catalogued
Iris Ampenberger, “Three Figures”
ink on paper
38 by 28cm excluding frame; 48,5 by 39,5 by 2,5cm including frame
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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