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Auction result
Power over Love
Nelson Makamo (South African, b. 1982)
ZAR 318,640 price realized incl. premium
≈ $22,184≈ £17,406≈ €19,865
Hammer ZAR 280,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 318,640
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Works on paper all acrylic results →As published: “charcoal and acrylic on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 14
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 100 by 150cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (112)
- Date
- May 20, 2019
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 312
- Estimate
- ZAR 150,000 – ZAR 200,000 (≈ $10,443 – $13,924) (≈ £8,194 – £10,925) (≈ €9,352 – €12,469)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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