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Drawing (ink) · Paper
Strauss & Co · Feb 10, 2026ZAR 11,711 ≈ $734 ≈ £537 ≈ €617Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Tree Study
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
ZAR 2,577 price realized incl. premium
≈ $177≈ £125≈ €156
Hammer ZAR 2,200 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 2,577
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- image size: 11,5 by 9,5cm; sheet size: 19,5 by 17cm, unframed
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African & International Art (72)
- Date
- April 18, 2016
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 202
- Estimate
- ZAR 2,000 – ZAR 3,000 (≈ $137 – $206) (≈ £97 – £145) (≈ €121 – €182)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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