Price databaseBrowseSell your artwork
Watchlist

Walter Battiss

South African · 1906–1982 · Painter, Printmaker

Walter Whall Battiss was a South African artist, also known as the creator of the "Fook Island" concept. (Wikipedia)

Own a work by Walter Battiss? Get a free auction estimate →

905auction results2009–2026years recorded81%sold (730)$1.6kSign up free to seemedian price

26 works by Walter Battiss with an auction history (offered more than once) →

Record prices

  1. Walter Battiss, African Figures, 1950, oil on canvasAfrican FiguresStrauss & Co · ZAR 2,562,200≈ $294,217≈ £185,287≈ €231,031Sign up to see
  2. Walter Battiss, Rock Art Composition II, oil on boardRock Art Composition IIStrauss & Co · ZAR 2,046,240≈ $152,077≈ £122,405≈ €137,477Sign up to see
  3. Walter Battiss, Medley No. 1, oil on canvasMedley No. 1Strauss & Co · ZAR 1,250,480≈ $118,120≈ £69,315≈ €86,484Sign up to see

Walter Battiss’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

All filters
Longest side–Reset

905 results · page 5 of 23

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
  1. Walter Battiss, Safari, colour screenprint on paper
    Safari
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 12/25
    image size: 32,5 by 49,5cm; sheet size: 45 by 64cm; 62 by 79,5 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 367
    ZAR 10,553≈ $594≈ £433≈ €506Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  2. Walter Battiss, Bird Masks, colour screenprint on paper
    Bird Masks
    Screenprint · Paper
    image size: 37,5 by 59cm; sheet size: 45 by 64cm; 61 by 80 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 368
    ZAR 56,280≈ $3,165≈ £2,310≈ €2,701Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  3. Walter Battiss, Goddess, colour screenprint on paper
    Goddess
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 22/25
    image size: 40 by 47,5cm; 63 by 76 by 2cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 369
    ZAR 18,760≈ $1,055≈ £770≈ €900Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 15,000–20,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  4. Walter Battiss, The Birth of a Nation, colour screenprint on paper
    The Birth of a Nation
    Screenprint · Paper
    image size: 23 by 62cm; 61 by 82 by 3cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 370
    ZAR 23,450≈ $1,319≈ £963≈ €1,125Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 20,000–30,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  5. Walter Battiss, The Climber, colour screenprint on paper
    The Climber
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 17/25
    image size: 36 by 32cm; 98 by 80,5 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 371
    ZAR 11,725≈ $659≈ £481≈ €563Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  6. Walter Battiss, Two Flowers, 6 July 1973, etching on paper
    Two Flowers, 6 July 1973
    Etching · Paper
    image size: 17 by 24cm; sheet size: 29 by 38,5cm; 38,5 by 48 by 4cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 372
    ZAR 5,863≈ $330≈ £241≈ €281Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 5,000–7,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  7. Walter Battiss, Girl with Flower, etching on paper
    Girl with Flower
    Etching · Paper
    image size: 13 by 17cm; sheet size: 28,5 by 38cm; 38,5 by 48 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 373
    ZAR 7,035≈ $396≈ £289≈ €338Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 5,000–7,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  8. Walter Battiss, Orgy, etching on paper
    Orgy
    Etching · Paper
    image size: 26 by 33,5cm; sheet size: 39 by 44cm; 48,5 by 54 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 374
    ZAR 11,725≈ $659≈ £481≈ €563Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 10,000–15,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  9. Walter Battiss, Figures and Birds, etching on paper
    Figures and Birds
    Etching · Paper
    image size: 26,5 by 34cm; sheet size: 39 by 44,5cm; 48,5 by 54 by 4cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 375
    ZAR 17,588≈ $989≈ £722≈ €844Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 5,000–7,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  10. Walter Battiss, Two Figures, etching on paper
    Two Figures
    Etching · Paper
    image size: 13 by 17cm; sheet size: 28 by 38,5cm; 38,5 by 48 by 3,5cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 376
    ZAR 5,863≈ $330≈ £241≈ €281Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 5,000–7,000View at Strauss & Co ↗

Walter Battiss paintings (225)Walter Battiss oil paintings (221)Walter Battiss mixed media (3)Walter Battiss works on paper (250)Walter Battiss watercolors (117)Walter Battiss gouaches (10)Walter Battiss pastels (3)Walter Battiss drawings (96)Walter Battiss prints (405)Walter Battiss etchings (9)Walter Battiss lithographs (49)Walter Battiss screenprints (277)Walter Battiss woodcuts & linocuts (59)Walter Battiss sculpture (14)

Related artists — South African, born 1881–1931

More South African artists of the same period