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Auction result
Abstract Composition
Nils Burwitz (German, b. 1940)
ZAR 5,863 price realized incl. premium
≈ $331≈ £260≈ €316
Hammer ZAR 5,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 5,863
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas laid down on board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 74 by 99cm excluding frame; 95 by 120 by 8cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- 12 Days of Christmas (359)
- Date
- December 12, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 68
- Estimate
- ZAR 5,000 – ZAR 7,000 (≈ $283 – $396) (≈ £222 – £311) (≈ €269 – €377)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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