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Auction result
Abstract Composition
Stanley Pinker (South African, 1924–2012)
ZAR 50,453 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,950≈ £2,206≈ €2,549
Hammer ZAR 42,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 50,453
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 76 by 27cm excluding frame; 79 by 30 by 3cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Day Sale (469)
- Date
- March 24, 2026
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 493
- Estimate
- ZAR 40,000 – ZAR 60,000 (≈ $2,339 – $3,508) (≈ £1,749 – £2,624) (≈ €2,021 – €3,032)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2025 and 2026 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Sep 16, 2025 · Strauss & Co
Day Sale, lot 189
Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 60,000 – ZAR 80,000
As catalogued
Stanley Pinker, “Abstract Composition”
oil on board
76 by 27cm excluding frame; 79 by 30 by 3cm including frame
Mar 24, 2026 · Strauss & Co this result
Day Sale, lot 493
Sold ZAR 50,453Sign up to see · est. ZAR 40,000 – ZAR 60,000
As catalogued
Stanley Pinker, “Abstract Composition”
oil on board
76 by 27cm excluding frame; 79 by 30 by 3cm including frame
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 93%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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