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- Estimate
- R8,000–R12,000 hammer ≈ $440–$660
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — November ART, Online · 2 December 2024
- Dimensions
- sheet size: 80 by 60, unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13347585
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 8 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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William Kentridge, Why Should I Hesitate, Poster. Strauss & Co, 2 Dec 2024, lot 331. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13347585.
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William Kentridge, Why Should I Hesitate, Poster. Strauss & Co, 2 Dec 2024, lot 331. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13347585.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Wolraad Woltemade’s Promenade, from The White Monday Disaster portfolio | Cecil Skotnes | R3,000–R5,000 | |
| The Jonge Thomas on Her Beam-Ends, from White Monday Disaster portfolio | Cecil Skotnes | R3,000–R5,000 | |
| New Horizons, from the It's About Time portfolio | Nils Burwitz | R6,000–R8,000 | |
| Abstract Composition with Triangle Motif | Matthew Hindley | R2,000–R4,000 | |
| I Think When He's Drinking He's Drowning Some Riots | Mary Wafer | R8,000–R12,000 | |
| The Artists Studio | Stanley F. Pinker | R6,000–R8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Kentridge | Magic Flute, Poster | $630 | Strauss & Co, Apr 2025 | |
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| William Kentridge | William Kentridge: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, March 2003 | Strauss & Co, Feb 2018 | ||
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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.