Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 14 March 2016

Session 4

Sold for

ZAR 227 360
Lot 478
  • Walter Battiss; Man in Karoo


Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 227 360

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Man in Karoo
executed in 1976-7

signed

oil on canvas
48,5 by 58,5cm excluding frame

Notes

Pretoria Art Museum exhibition label adhered to the reverse.

Provenance

Prof Murray Schoonraad

Exhibited

Exhibited in the public art museums of the following cities: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Kimberley, Walter Battiss: Comprehensive Exhibition, September 1979 to August 1980, catalogue number 66.

Literature

Karin Skawran and Michael Macnamara. (eds.) (1985) Walter Battiss, Johannesburg: AD Donker. Illustrated in colour on page 164, plate 40.
Karin Skawran. (ed.) (2005) Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: The Standard Bank Gallery. Illustrated in colour on page 94.

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