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- Estimate
- R100,000–R150,000 hammer ≈ $5,761–$8,641
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — Evening Sale, Cape Town · 16 September 2025
- Dimensions
- 90 by 105 by 11cm, unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13341081
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 6 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-13341081 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-13341081
Sam Nhlengethwa, The Exit. Strauss & Co, 16 Sep 2025, lot 363. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13341081.
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Sam Nhlengethwa, The Exit. Strauss & Co, 16 Sep 2025, lot 363. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13341081.
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From the same sale Evening Sale · Sep 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Como | Hugo Naudé | R80,000–R120,000 | |
| Kalk Bay | Maggie | R150,000–R200,000 | |
| Jiving | Ephraim Ngatane | R80,000–R120,000 | |
| Boy with a Felt Hat | Irma Stern | R80,000–R120,000 | |
| Celia Looks (from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-80) (M… | David Hockney | R100,000–R150,000 | |
| Joan of Arc | Maud Sumner | R80,000–R120,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Nhlengethwa | No Entry | $7,630 | Strauss & Co, May 2021 | |
| Sam Nhlengethwa | Done, diptych | Strauss & Co, Nov 2017 | ||
| Sam Nhlengethwa | Mine Worker | Strauss & Co, Mar 2016 | ||
| Sam Nhlengethwa | Street Scene with Red Taxi | Strauss & Co, Nov 2018 | ||
| Sam Nhlengethwa | Intermission, Ode to Keith Jarrett | Strauss & Co, Nov 2017 | ||
| Sam Nhlengethwa | The Dark Brown Bowl | Strauss & Co, May 2021 | ||
| Sam Nhlengethwa | Lover's Corner | Strauss & Co, May 2026 | ||
| Sam Nhlengethwa | Observation No:4. We are all Equal before the idea | Strauss & Co, Mar 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.