Walter Battiss: career timeline

South African · 1906–1982 · Few works by Walter Battiss have a recorded creation date (90 of 873), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Walter Battiss: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade soldWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
2000s1611$5.7kSign upOil
2010s352294$2.5kSign upScreenprint
2020s505423$1.2kSign upScreenprint

Sold in the 2000s 16 works

Sold
11 of 16
Median
$5.7kSign up
Average
$8.3kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 13.5 in (32 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Oil (7), Watercolor (6), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 4 more (2000s)

Sold in the 2010s 352 works

Sold
294 of 352
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$10.5kSign up
Typical size
14 × 17.5 in (36 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (105), Oil (99), Watercolor (45)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (51), Abstract (17), Landscapes (12)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 328 more works from this group in the full results list.

Sold in the 2020s 505 works

Sold
423 of 505
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$2.7kSign up
Typical size
13 × 15.5 in (33 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (171), Oil (98), Watercolor (58)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (106), Birds (28), Landscapes (16)
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 481 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Walter Battiss auction results →