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Drawing (charcoal) · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 17, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
Figural Study
Nelson Makamo (South African, b. 1982)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 120,000 (≈ $4,359 – $6,539) (≈ £3,445 – £5,168) (≈ €3,950 – €5,924)
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
- Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →As published: “charcoal and pastel on cotton rag paper”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 07
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 101 by 59cm excluding frame; 116 by 73,3 by 3cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art: Namibian Horizons (246)
- Date
- May 8, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 39
- Estimate
- ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 120,000 (≈ $4,359 – $6,539) (≈ £3,445 – £5,168) (≈ €3,950 – €5,924)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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