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Oil · Board
Strauss & Co · Jun 25, 2024ZAR 7,035 ≈ $387 ≈ £305 ≈ €362Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Cat
May Hillhouse (South African, 1908–2008)
ZAR 2,345 price realized incl. premium
≈ $133≈ £98≈ €114
Hammer ZAR 2,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 2,345
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour and pastel on paper laid down on board”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 26 by 37cm excluding frame; 42,5 by 53 by 2,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- August ART (405)
- Date
- August 18, 2025
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 139
- Estimate
- ZAR 4,000 – ZAR 6,000 (≈ $227 – $341) (≈ £168 – £252) (≈ €195 – €292)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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