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Auction result
Head in Profile
Nelson Makamo (South African, b. 1982)
ZAR 250,360 price realized incl. premium
≈ $15,668≈ £12,545≈ €14,863
Hammer ZAR 220,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 250,360
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic with charcoal on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 2016
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 60 by 60cm excluding frame; 105 by 105 by 10cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Johannesburg Auction Week (171)
- Date
- May 17, 2022
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 254
- Estimate
- ZAR 200,000 – ZAR 250,000 (≈ $12,516 – $15,645) (≈ £10,022 – £12,527) (≈ €11,874 – €14,842)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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