South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 4 February 2013

Paintings Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 28 964
Lot 436
  • Walter Battiss; Horse and Butterfly


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 28 964

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Horse and Butterfly

signed and numbered 17/25 in pencil in the margin

silkscreen in colour
sheet size: 45 by 64cm

Literature

Karin Skawran (intro), Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, 2005, page 155 where a similar example is illustrated.

Karin Skawran & Michael Macnamara (eds.), Walter Battiss, AD Donker, Johannesburg, 1985, page 81, figure 33, where a similar example is illustrated.

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