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Explosive Force by Nils Burwitz, pencil and ink on paper, offered May 2023Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗

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Explosive Force

Nils Burwitz (German, b. 1940)

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate ZAR 1,000 – ZAR 2,000 (≈ $52 – $105) (≈ £42 – £84) (≈ €48 – €96)

Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓

Medium
Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →
As published: “pencil and ink on paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
30 by 21cm excluding frame; 48 by 39,5 by 2cm 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
225
Estimate
ZAR 1,000 – ZAR 2,000 (≈ $52 – $105) (≈ £42 – £84) (≈ €48 – €96)
Source
Auction house straussart.co.za ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2022 and 2023 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2

  1. Explosive Force, Strauss & Co 2022

    Oct 3, 2022 · Strauss & Co

    Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, lot 362

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 2,000 – ZAR 3,000

    As catalogued

    Nils Burwitz, “Explosive Force”

    pencil and ink on paper

    30 by 21cm excluding frame; 48 by 39,5 by 2cm including frame

  2. Explosive Force, Strauss & Co 2023

    May 15, 2023 · Strauss & Co this result

    Azaria to Zerffi: Selected Works from a Family Collection, lot 225

    Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 1,000 – ZAR 2,000

    As catalogued

    Nils Burwitz, “Explosive Force”

    pencil and ink on paper

    30 by 21cm excluding frame; 48 by 39,5 by 2cm including frame

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