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Dead Man's Float, 2017 by Kate Gottgens, oil on canvas, offered Sep 2022Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗

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Dead Man's Float, 2017

Kate Gottgens (South African, b. 1965)

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 120,000 (≈ $4,507 – $6,761) (≈ £3,945 – £5,917) (≈ €4,514 – €6,770)

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 2 times ↓

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Signed / inscribed
Signed on the reverse
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
150 by 150cm excluding frame; 152 by 152 by 5cm including frame
Auction house
Strauss & Co
Sale
The Oliver Powell and Timely Investments Trust Collection (223)
Date
September 20, 2022
Location
South Africa
Lot
96
Estimate
ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 120,000 (≈ $4,507 – $6,761) (≈ £3,945 – £5,917) (≈ €4,514 – €6,770)
Source
Auction house straussart.co.za ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2022 and 2025 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2

  1. Dead Man's Float, 2017, Strauss & Co 2022

    Sep 20, 2022 · Strauss & Co this result

    The Oliver Powell and Timely Investments Trust Collection, lot 96

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 120,000

    As catalogued

    Kate Gottgens, “Dead Man's Float, 2017”

    oil on canvas

    150 by 150cm excluding frame; 152 by 152 by 5cm including frame

  2. Dead Man's Float, 2017, Strauss & Co 2025

    Sep 16, 2025 · Strauss & Co

    Evening Sale, lot 378

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 60,000 – ZAR 80,000

    As catalogued

    Kate Gottgens, “Dead Man's Float, 2017”

    oil on canvas

    150 by 150cm excluding frame; 152 by 152 by 5cm including frame

Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). 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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