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- Estimate
- R1,500,000–R2,000,000 hammer ≈ $84,967–$113,290
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — Modern and Contemporary Art, Cape Town · 21 September 2022
- Dimensions
- 59 by 59cm excluding frame; 80,5 by 80,5 by 8,5cm including frame
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13367258
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 10 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Dorothy Kay, Old Oyster Woman. Strauss & Co, 21 Sep 2022, lot 203. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13367258.
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Dorothy Kay, Old Oyster Woman. Strauss & Co, 21 Sep 2022, lot 203. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13367258.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Art · Sep 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of a Man | Albert Adamo | R10,000–R15,000 | |
| Blue Head | Albert Adamo | R350,000–R500,000 | |
| High Street Shops | Maud Sumner | R30,000–R50,000 | |
| View of Notre Dame across the Seine, Paris | Maud Sumner | R30,000–R50,000 | |
| De Dam, Amsterdam | Tinus De Jongh | R80,000–R120,000 | |
| Grand Canal, Venice | Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier | R60,000–R80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Kay | Self Portrait with Red and White Scarf | $86,255 | Strauss & Co, Sep 2011 | |
| William Kentridge | william kentridge | porter series: russie d'europe (man with | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Dorothy Kay | Variations on a Theme | Strauss & Co, Nov 2016 | ||
| William Kentridge | Untitled (Nude walking with towel) 1991 | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Jacob Hendrik Pierneef | Louis Trichardt | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Jacob Hendrik Pierneef | Waterberg, Northern Transvaal | Strauss & Co, May 2023 | ||
| Dorothy Kay | Old Oyster Woman | Strauss & Co, Mar 2009 | ||
| William Kentridge | Nature Morte (Close Up) | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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.