Lot 383 · Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography
Offering, sixteen
Berni Searle · digital print on sixteen canvases
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- Estimate
- R200,000–R300,000 hammer ≈ $11,378–$17,067
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography, Cape Town · 18 September 2024
- Dimensions
- each 102 by 105 by 3cm, unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13350335
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 8 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Berni Searle, Offering, sixteen. Strauss & Co, 18 Sep 2024, lot 383. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13350335.
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Berni Searle, Offering, sixteen. Strauss & Co, 18 Sep 2024, lot 383. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13350335.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night before Eid | Hasan Essop And Husain Essop | R12,000–R15,000 | |
| Neuengamme | Hasan Essop And Husain Essop | R12,000–R15,000 | |
| Sticky Tape Transfer X | Mikhael Subotzky | R40,000–R60,000 | |
| Wye Film Still 14 | Mikhael Subotzky | R30,000–R50,000 | |
| A flat cleaner going for a walk on his afternoon off, Hillbrow, Johan… | David Goldblatt | R150,000–R200,000 | |
| Patience Poni visiting her parents Ruth and Jackson Poni, 1510A Emden… | David Goldblatt | R180,000–R240,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berni Searle | Still | $21,439 | Strauss & Co, Feb 2020 | |
| William Kentridge | Walking Man | Bonhams, Apr 2026 | ||
| William Kentridge | Four Paper Heads | Phillips, Jun 2026 | ||
| William Kentridge | That Which I Do Not Remember, from Triumphs and Laments | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| William Kentridge | Blue Rubrics (WAIT, WAIT; and WHO NEEDS WORDS (the whisperin | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| William Kentridge | Sleeper Black, from Sleeper Series | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Robert Hodgins | Someplace on the Edge of Time | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Robert Hodgins | An Ageing Star | Strauss & Co, Jun 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.