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Auction result
Disintegrating Figure
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
ZAR 28,104 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,925≈ £1,358≈ €1,703
Hammer ZAR 24,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 28,104
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink over pencil”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 26,5 by 32,5cm excluding frame; 50 by 54 by 3cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African & International Art (72)
- Date
- April 18, 2016
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 118
- Estimate
- ZAR 12,000 – ZAR 16,000 (≈ $822 – $1,096) (≈ £580 – £773) (≈ €727 – €969)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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