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Screenprint · Paper
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2026ZAR 4,451 ≈ $274 ≈ £204 ≈ €238Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
The Visit
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 25,000 – ZAR 35,000 (≈ $1,375 – $1,925) (≈ £1,085 – £1,519) (≈ €1,309 – €1,832)
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
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “ink and watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and inscribed with the title
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 45 by 61,5cm excluding frame; 50,5 by 66,5 by 3,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- November ART (341)
- Date
- December 2, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 294
- Estimate
- ZAR 25,000 – ZAR 35,000 (≈ $1,375 – $1,925) (≈ £1,085 – £1,519) (≈ €1,309 – €1,832)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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