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Screenprint · Paper · ed. 240/250
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2026ZAR 12,882 ≈ $792 ≈ £591 ≈ €690Sign up free to see price
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Abstract Composition
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
ZAR 26,428 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,603≈ £1,213≈ €1,407
Hammer ZAR 22,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 26,428
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 33 by 44,5cm excluding frame; 42 by 54 by 3,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art (518)
- Date
- June 23, 2026
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 376
- Estimate
- ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $1,213 – $1,820) (≈ £918 – £1,377) (≈ €1,065 – €1,598)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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