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- Estimate
- R10,000–R15,000 hammer ≈ $580–$870
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — Day Sale, Johannesburg · 18 November 2025
- Dimensions
- 100 by 100 by 2,5cm, unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13337705
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 6 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Noria Mabasa, The Nation is Happy for President Obama. Strauss & Co, 18 Nov 2025, lot 111. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13337705.
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Noria Mabasa, The Nation is Happy for President Obama. Strauss & Co, 18 Nov 2025, lot 111. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13337705.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Red and Blue Heads | Robert Hodgins | R60,000–R80,000 | |
| Phoenix Rising | Alexis Preller | R120,000–R180,000 | |
| Abstract with Diagonals | Cecily Sash | R20,000–R30,000 | |
| Cerements | Norman Catherine | R15,000–R20,000 | |
| Can't Speak No Evil | Norman Catherine | R15,000–R20,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noria Mabasa | Horse I | $758 | Strauss & Co, Mar 2021 | |
| William Kentridge | Curs Practic de Gramatica | Strauss & Co, Oct 2025 | ||
| Norman Catherine | Wild Boar | Strauss & Co, Apr 2019 | ||
| Noria Mabasa | Woman and Beasts | Strauss & Co, Apr 2015 | ||
| Noria Mabasa | KHOMBA: the Venda Lady's from Initiation | Strauss & Co, Sep 2017 | ||
| Walter Battiss | Limpopo | Strauss & Co, Feb 2020 | ||
| Walter Battiss | Fook Island Stamps | Strauss & Co, Oct 2018 | ||
| Noria Mabasa | Traditional Venda Woman | Strauss & Co, May 2016 |
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.