Lot 206 · Travel, Exploration and Natural History
Comedy; Tragedy, a pair both 39 x 28.3cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8in)
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,568–$2,353
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Travel, Exploration and Natural History, London, Knightsbridge · 3 December 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1969504
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-1969504 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-1969504
Gerard Bhengu, Comedy; Tragedy, a pair both 39 x 28.3cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8in). Bonhams, 3 Dec 2014, lot 206. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1969504.
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Gerard Bhengu, Comedy; Tragedy, a pair both 39 x 28.3cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/8in). Bonhams, 3 Dec 2014, lot 206. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1969504.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerard Bhengu | Self-Portrait | $1,710 | Strauss & Co, Nov 2022 | |
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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.