Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗Chained Figure in an Abstract Landscape, 2007
Watercolor · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 17, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Willie Bester (South African, b. 1956)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $2,114 – $3,171) (≈ £1,391 – £2,086) (≈ €1,645 – €2,467)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “painted steel”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- height: 35cm
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African and International Art (28)
- Date
- May 20, 2013
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 163
- Estimate
- ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $2,114 – $3,171) (≈ £1,391 – £2,086) (≈ €1,645 – €2,467)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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