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Moth

Walter Oltmann (South African, b. 1960)

ZAR 9,380 price realized incl. premium

≈ $641≈ £514≈ €581

Hammer ZAR 8,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 9,380

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Medium
Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →
As published: “charcoal and pastel on paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
56 by 76cm excluding frame; 70,5 by 92,5 by 6,5cm including frame
Auction house
Strauss & Co
Sale
Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts (118)
Date
September 16, 2019
Location
South Africa
Lot
205
Estimate
ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $546 – $820) (≈ £438 – £658) (≈ €495 – €743)
Source
Auction house straussart.co.za ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2017 and 2019 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

  1. Moth, Strauss & Co 2017

    Sep 18, 2017 · Strauss & Co

    South African and International Art, Decorative Arts, lot 161

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 12,000 – ZAR 16,000

    As catalogued

    Walter Oltmann, “Moth”

    charcoal and pastel on paper

    56 by 76cm excluding frame; 70,5 by 92,5 by 6,5cm including frame

  2. Moth, Strauss & Co 2019

    Sep 16, 2019 · Strauss & Co this result

    Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts, lot 205

    Sold ZAR 9,380Sign up to see · est. ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000

    As catalogued

    Walter Oltmann, “Moth”

    charcoal and pastel on paper

    56 by 76cm excluding frame; 70,5 by 92,5 by 6,5cm including frame

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