Lot 135 · June ART
Hand; Butterfly (More than One); Bird's Nest; Face Flower (More than One); Untitled (Heads), five
Walter Battiss · pencil on telegram paper
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- Estimate
- R6,000–R8,000 hammer ≈ $321–$428
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — June ART, Online · 10 June 2024
- Dimensions
- four: 14,5 by 21cm; one: 21 by 14,5cm, unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13353304
- Record
- first seen 4 Aug 2026 · updated 8 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Walter Battiss, Hand; Butterfly (More than One); Bird's Nest; Face Flower (More than One); Untitled (Heads), five. Strauss & Co, 10 Jun 2024, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13353304.
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Walter Battiss, Hand; Butterfly (More than One); Bird's Nest; Face Flower (More than One); Untitled (Heads), five. Strauss & Co, 10 Jun 2024, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13353304.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Battiss | Under the Baobab | $389 | Strauss & Co, Feb 2018 | |
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| Walter Battiss | Nude II | Strauss & Co, Jun 2018 | ||
| Walter Battiss | Izwi Erotic Composition | Strauss & Co, Sep 2019 | ||
| Walter Battiss | Three Female Nudes | Strauss & Co, Mar 2019 | ||
| Walter Battiss | African Pieta | Strauss & Co, Jun 2018 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.