Strauss & co - 11 November 2013, Johannesburg

168 231 Walter Whall BATTISS south african 1906–1982 Atlantic Coast of America II signed; inscribed with the title on the reverse and further inscribed with the artist’s name and title on a gallery label adhered to the reverse oil on canvas 76 by 101 cm R600 000–900 000 exhibited The Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg literature Skawran, Karin. (2005) Walter Battiss Gentle Anarchist , Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery. Illustrated in colour on page 135. notes ‘One often wonders how he found all the exotic places he visited; how did he get to know about them? He explained that curiosity had been his excuse for experience. He always sought new places and people and, above all, art so that, as he so often said, he could be ‘extended’and become a more complete human being.’ Skawran, Karin. (2005) Walter Battiss Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery. Page 43.