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The Gnome
Michael Pettit (South African, b. 1950)
ZAR 23,420 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,208≈ £1,315≈ €1,596
Hammer ZAR 20,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 23,420
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 120 by 120cm excluding frame; 127 by 127 by 7cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African and International Fine and Decorative Arts (43)
- Date
- April 23, 2014
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 188
- Estimate
- ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $1,886 – $2,829) (≈ £1,123 – £1,685) (≈ €1,363 – €2,045)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2013 and 2014 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Nov 15, 2013 · Strauss & Co
South African and International Fine and Decorative Art, lot 425
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 40,000 – ZAR 60,000
As catalogued
Michael Pettit, “The Gnome”
oil on canvas
120 by 120cm excluding frame; 127 by 127 by 7cm including frame
Apr 23, 2014 · Strauss & Co this result
South African and International Fine and Decorative Arts, lot 188
Sold ZAR 23,420Sign up to see · est. ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000
As catalogued
Michael Pettit, “The Gnome”
oil on canvas
120 by 120cm excluding frame; 127 by 127 by 7cm including frame
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