Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 March 2023

Celebrating Colour
About the Session

This session includes a selection of works on paper, prints and multiples and paintings that celebrates the use of colour in modern and contemporary art.


Sold for

ZAR 93 800
Lot 85
  • Walter Battiss; Camp, 9 miles from Messina
  • Walter Battiss; Camp, 9 miles from Messina
  • Walter Battiss; Camp, 9 miles from Messina


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 93 800

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Camp, 9 miles from Messina

dated Tuesday 15.7.52 and inscribed with the title

watercolour on paper
35,5 by 43cm excluding frame; 62,5 by 66,5 by 3,5cm including frame

Provenance

Collection of the artist, thence by descent to the current owner.

Literature

Jillian Carman and Susan Isaac (eds.) (2005) Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, Standard Bank, Johannesburg, illustrated on page 145.

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