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Richard Penn (South African, b. 1976)
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Estimate ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 100,000 (≈ $5,570 – $6,962) (≈ £4,370 – £5,463) (≈ €4,988 – €6,234)
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 18 on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 100 by 100cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (112)
- Date
- May 20, 2019
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 193
- Estimate
- ZAR 80,000 – ZAR 100,000 (≈ $5,570 – $6,962) (≈ £4,370 – £5,463) (≈ €4,988 – €6,234)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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