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Woman's Head
Irma Stern (South African, 1894–1966)
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ZAR 58,625 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,229≈ £3,373≈ €3,753
Hammer ZAR 50,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 58,625
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- Medium
- Drawing (chalk) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “conté on sketchbook page”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 1959
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 53,5 by 41cm excluding frame; 65 by 53,5 by 4cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- 19th century, Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts (115)
- Date
- July 15, 2019
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 228
- Estimate
- ZAR 30,000 – ZAR 50,000 (≈ $2,164 – $3,607) (≈ £1,726 – £2,877) (≈ €1,920 – €3,201)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2019 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 20, 2019 · Strauss & Co
Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, lot 24
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 60,000 – ZAR 80,000
As catalogued
Irma Stern, “Woman's Head”
conté on sketchbook page
53,5 by 41cm excluding frame
Jul 15, 2019 · Strauss & Co this result
19th century, Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts, lot 228
Sold ZAR 58,625Sign up to see · est. ZAR 30,000 – ZAR 50,000
As catalogued
Irma Stern, “Woman's Head”
conté on sketchbook page
53,5 by 41cm excluding frame; 65 by 53,5 by 4cm including frame
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