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Sam Nhlengethwa: career timeline

South African · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 73 of 260 lots (28% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Sam Nhlengethwa: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s11$1.9kSign upLithograph
1980s11$628Sign upMixed media
1990s169$1kSign upLithograph
2000s2716$1kSign upLithograph
2010s2316$354Sign upLithograph
2020s21$1.2kSign upLithograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Sam Nhlengethwa to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1970s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 27.5 in (50 × 70 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$628Sign up
Average
$628Sign up
Typical size
5.5 × 7 in (15 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

1990s 16 works

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9 of 16
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 24 in (50 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Oil (4), Mixed media (3)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 4 more (1990s)

2000s 27 works

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16 of 27
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$2.3kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 21.5 in (50 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (12), Mixed media (6), Oil (4)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 23 works

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16 of 23
Median
$354Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 12 in (29 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (15), Etching (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects
—
Show 11 more (2010s)

2020s 2 works

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1 of 2
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
33.5 × 35 in (85 × 89 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

184 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 73 works

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57 of 73
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$3.5kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 26 in (50 × 66 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (38), Oil (13), Mixed media (11)
Subjects
Abstract (4), Sunsets & night (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 61 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 111 works

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67 of 111
Median
$584Sign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
16 × 17 in (40 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (65), Etching (13), Oil (12)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 99 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Sam Nhlengethwa auction results →