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Abstract Composition
Nils Burwitz (German, b. 1940)
ZAR 28,420 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,819≈ £1,256≈ €1,622
Hammer ZAR 25,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 28,420
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 11-9-67 and 29-1-68
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 75,5 by 100,5cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important South Africa and International Art (66)
- Date
- May 23, 2016
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 129
- Estimate
- ZAR 25,000 – ZAR 40,000 (≈ $1,601 – $2,561) (≈ £1,105 – £1,768) (≈ €1,427 – €2,283)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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