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Walter Battiss

Artist from South Africa, 1906–1982. Okasen keeps Walter's auction record on the verified track and in 3 Okasen indices.

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Published range, verified track, assessed October 2026

$121–$12,991

Published range: $121 – $12,991
What galleries ask, 1 work: $1,191 – $1,191

How sure we are

A reviewed price range, with a note on how sure we are. We keep the single-point number to ourselves.

The range is a confidence interval in USD, nominal, on the verified track. It belongs to the artist, not to any one work.

Liquidity: 1.00

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What galleries are asking

Prices galleries currently list for available work by Walter Battiss. This is an asking price, not a valuation or a sale price, and it plays no part in how Okasen values the work.

Works: $1,191; ZAR 19,550 as listed
1 work from 1 gallery

Editions are shown separately where the gallery gives an edition size. In US dollars at current rates. Last checked October 2026. How we read asking prices.

Tracked in

Indices Walter is part of.

On the record

Sourced from gallery rosters, auction records and reconciled reference data.

Movement: figurative
Media: oil on canvas, painting
Also recorded as: Walter Whall Battiss, Battiss, Walter, Battiss, Walter Whall

Reference: Wikidata Q3565686

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