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Drawing (pencil) · Paper
Strauss & Co · Aug 19, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
Abstract Composition
Nils Burwitz (German, b. 1940)
ZAR 1,173 price realized incl. premium
≈ $61≈ £49≈ €57
Hammer ZAR 1,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 1,173
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 24/2/64
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 30,5 by 21,5cm excluding frame; 53 by 41,5 by 2,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Azaria to Zerffi: Selected Works from a Family Collection (254)
- Date
- May 15, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 226
- Estimate
- ZAR 2,000 – ZAR 3,000 (≈ $105 – $157) (≈ £84 – £126) (≈ €96 – €145)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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