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Woodcut / linocut · Paper
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2026ZAR 9,010 ≈ $554 ≈ £414 ≈ €482Sign up free to see price
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Baobab
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
ZAR 5,628 price realized incl. premium
≈ $315≈ £233≈ €269
Hammer ZAR 4,800 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 5,628
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- Medium
- Woodcut / linocut · Prints & multiples all woodcut / linocut results →As published: “colour woodcut on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Woodcuts
- Dimensions
- image size: 20 by 20cm; 39 by 38,5 by 1,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- July ART (401)
- Date
- July 14, 2025
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 194
- Estimate
- ZAR 2,500 – ZAR 3,500 (≈ $140 – $196) (≈ £104 – £145) (≈ €120 – €168)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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