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Auction result
Sea Forms
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $583 – $874) (≈ £436 – £654) (≈ €488 – €731)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Print (other) · Prints & multiples all print (other) results →As published: “colour monotype”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Prints (general)
- Dimensions
- image size: 37 by 49,5cm; 60,5 by 72,5 by 2cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African and International Art, Decorative Arts (88)
- Date
- November 27, 2017
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 23
- Estimate
- ZAR 8,000 – ZAR 12,000 (≈ $583 – $874) (≈ £436 – £654) (≈ €488 – €731)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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