Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗Communal Supper, 1975
Oil · Canvas
Strauss & Co · Sep 15, 2026ZAR 346,575 ≈ $21,297 ≈ £15,795 ≈ €18,457Sign up free to see price
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The Blessing
George Pemba (South African, 1912–2001)
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ZAR 434,460 price realized incl. premium
≈ $57,275≈ £34,913≈ €39,968
Hammer ZAR 390,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 434,460
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 78
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 36 by 52,5cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important British, Continental and South African Paintings (2)
- Date
- September 7, 2009
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 93
- Estimate
- ZAR 220,000 – ZAR 260,000 (≈ $29,003 – $34,276) (≈ £17,679 – £20,894) (≈ €20,239 – €23,919)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Strauss & Co · May 26, 2026ZAR 1,016,620 ≈ $62,156 ≈ £46,148 ≈ €53,426Sign up free to see price
Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗A Meal for Three, 1989
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