Walter Battiss
Woman and Water
LOT 133
Walter Battiss
Woman and Water
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 120 000 - 160 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 140 700
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Woman and Water
1938
signed and dated; inscribed with the artist's name and partially inscribed with the title on a Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse; inscribed with the title and 'A major work breaking away from traditional art and deriving from prehistoric South Africa' on the reverse; accompanied by a Murray Schoonraad catalogue note inscribed with the artist's name, the date, title, medium and numbered 248
oil on board
63,5 by 78cm excluding frame; 67 by 81,5 by 5cm including frame
Provenance
Estate Late Walter Battiss, and thence by descent.
Notes
The present lot is inscribed 'A major work in the history of SA Art 1938. First break-away from European influences and taking prehistoric (bushman) art instead. No other artist had done this before' on the reverse of the board.
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