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Two Figures
Walter Battiss (South African, 1906–1982)
ZAR 5,863 price realized incl. premium
≈ $363≈ £272≈ €321
Hammer ZAR 5,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 5,863
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- Medium
- Drypoint · Prints & multiples all drypoint results →As published: “drypoint etching”
- Edition
- 6/6
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 6/6
- Category
- Drypoints
- Dimensions
- plate size: 13 by 27cm; 39 by 43 by 2,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- November Online Part I (163)
- Date
- November 28, 2021
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 40
- Estimate
- ZAR 5,000 – ZAR 8,000 (≈ $309 – $495) (≈ £232 – £371) (≈ €274 – €439)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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