Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗The Green Hills of Earth, 1977
Screenprint · Paper
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Abstract Composition I
Fred Schimmel (South African, 1928–2009)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 6,000 – ZAR 9,000 (≈ $589 – $884) (≈ £367 – £550) (≈ €438 – €657)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Works on paper all oil results →As published: “oil and airbrush on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 35 by 53,5cm excluding frame; 78 by 94 by 4cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African and International Fine and Decorative Art (41)
- Date
- November 15, 2013
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 217
- Estimate
- ZAR 6,000 – ZAR 9,000 (≈ $589 – $884) (≈ £367 – £550) (≈ €438 – €657)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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