Strauss & co - 2017 Boerneef

12 WALTER BATTISS 1906-1982 Africans in the Autumn, the Long Yellow Grass signed, signed and inscribed ‘Africans in the Autumn’ on the reverse oil on canvas 74 x 100 cm PROVENANCE Bonhams South African Sale, March 2009, Lot 56 Galerie Vincent, PTA, 1951. Purchased by Mr and Mrs Joseph L. Dougherty, thence by direct descent to the previous owner. Mr Joseph L. Dougherty was an attaché at the US Embassy and purchased this work during his secondment to Pretoria (1951-52) EXHIBITED Venice Biennale, 1950, South African Section Kilbourn Collection