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Figural Composition
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
ZAR 167,100 price realized incl. premium
≈ $21,207≈ £14,769≈ €17,157
Hammer ZAR 150,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 167,100
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 40 by 50cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important British, Continental and South African Paintings (9)
- Date
- May 24, 2010
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 254
- Estimate
- ZAR 100,000 – ZAR 150,000 (≈ $12,691 – $19,037) (≈ £8,838 – £13,258) (≈ €10,268 – €15,402)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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