Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 30 June - 10 July 2023

Crossing Frontiers: Art from the Eastern Cape

Sold for

ZAR 41 038
Lot 160
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 3
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 3
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 3


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 41 038

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Orgy 3

signed, numbered 5/30 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

image size: 42 by 61cm; mount size: 57 by 78cm, unframed

Literature

Karin Skawran (ed.) (2005) Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery, an example from the edition is illustrated on page 153.

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: I Invented Myself, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, an example from the edition illustrated in colour on page 121, cat. no. 1973.11 S8*.

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