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Self Destruct
Sam Nhlengethwa (South African, b. 1955)
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Estimate ZAR 120,000 – ZAR 180,000 (≈ $6,340 – $9,509) (≈ £4,991 – £7,486) (≈ €5,841 – €8,761)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “collage, oil and charcoal on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 160 by 120 by 8cm, unframed
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Evening Sale (296)
- Date
- March 19, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 91
- Estimate
- ZAR 120,000 – ZAR 180,000 (≈ $6,340 – $9,509) (≈ £4,991 – £7,486) (≈ €5,841 – €8,761)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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