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Oil · Canvas
Strauss & Co · May 26, 2026ZAR 84,088 ≈ $5,141 ≈ £3,817 ≈ €4,419Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Abstract Composition
Sam Nhlengethwa (South African, b. 1955)
ZAR 34,140 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,725≈ £2,035≈ €2,321
Hammer ZAR 30,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 34,140
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Works on paper all mixed media results →As published: “mixed media on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 69 by 99cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important South African and International Art (94)
- Date
- June 4, 2018
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 144
- Estimate
- ZAR 30,000 – ZAR 50,000 (≈ $2,394 – $3,991) (≈ £1,789 – £2,981) (≈ €2,040 – €3,400)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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