Lot 258 · 19th Century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Rainbow+Sad=Life
Avant Car Guard · linocut on paper
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- Estimate
- R3,000–R5,000 hammer ≈ $177–$296
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — 19th Century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Online · 29 August 2022
- Dimensions
- 68 by 49cm excluding frame; 76 by 54,5 by 3,5cm including frame
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13368039
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 10 Aug 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-13368039 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-13368039
Avant Car Guard, Rainbow+Sad=Life. Strauss & Co, 29 Aug 2022, lot 258. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13368039.
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Avant Car Guard, Rainbow+Sad=Life. Strauss & Co, 29 Aug 2022, lot 258. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13368039.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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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.