Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗Untitled (Ndebele Pattern with Green and Yellow), 2015
Acrylic · Canvas
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
Phantom Study I
Esther Mahlangu (South African, b. 1935)
ZAR 113,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $7,773≈ £5,940≈ €7,116
Hammer ZAR 100,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 113,800
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 2020
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 120 by 180 by 5cm, unframed
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (167)
- Date
- April 6, 2022
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 543
- Estimate
- ZAR 100,000 – ZAR 150,000 (≈ $6,830 – $10,245) (≈ £5,219 – £7,829) (≈ €6,253 – €9,379)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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