Lot 110 · Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
See-Line Woman Dressed in White, Sleep All Day Bawl All Night
Deborah Bell · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- R250,000–R350,000 hammer ≈ $17,643–$24,700
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Johannesburg · 17 May 2021
- Dimensions
- 120 by 50cm excluding frame; 123 by 53 by 4,5cm including frame
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13380682
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 12 Aug 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-13380682 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-13380682
Deborah Bell, See-Line Woman Dressed in White, Sleep All Day Bawl All Night. Strauss & Co, 17 May 2021, lot 110. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13380682.
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Deborah Bell, See-Line Woman Dressed in White, Sleep All Day Bawl All Night. Strauss & Co, 17 May 2021, lot 110. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13380682.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Headman - Unity is Strength | Norman Catherine | R150,000–R250,000 | |
| Three African Women | Irma Stern | R4,000,000–R5,000,000 | |
| Ontwerp (Design with Beetle) | Jacob Hendrik Pierneef | R25,000–R35,000 | |
| Northwards | Erich Mayer | R15,000–R20,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Bell | Warrior II | $18,132 | Strauss & Co, Feb 2019 | |
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| Deborah Bell | Flare | Strauss & Co, Sep 2011 | ||
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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.