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Walter Battiss

South African 1906-1982 


In addition to being a prolific painter and printmaker, Walter Battiss was a passionate student of Southern African rock art, publishing no fewer than seven books on the subject in the 1940s and 50s. The elongated figures typical of his art were directly inspired by his large collection of rock art photographs and tracings. In the 1960s his work was characterised by a sgraffito technique (scratching images through layers of oil paint) and in the early 1970s Battiss invented an imaginary artistic construct, Fook Island, which he populated with material culture (a Fook alphabet, currency, postage stamps, passport, etc.). His numerous travels to the Middle East and to various Greek islands were constant sources of inspiration.


1,371 lots offered      80.23% sold      ZAR 87 909 466
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Walter Battiss; Skiathos, Greece
17 Mar 2014
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 
Walter Battiss; Untitled
17 Mar 2014
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Walter Battiss; Standerton
17 Mar 2014
Sold for ZAR 45 472
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Man with Folded Arms
17 Mar 2014
Sold for ZAR 136 416
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Huts in the Bushveld
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 5 914
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Two Rows of Figures
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 12 413
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Scene from 'Limpopo'
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 3 631
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; The Invention of Walking Feathers
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 10 774
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Mr Icarus, I Presume!
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 6 500
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; South African Lithographs, a series of twelve lithographs from original plates of scenes in Africa
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 16 394
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Great Fish River Middleton, C.P.
11 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 19 326
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Battiss; Painting from my Studio Window in Menlo Park, 1944
11 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 27 284
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT