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ZAR 23 450
Lot 163
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio
  • Walter Battiss; Fragments of Africa, portfolio

LOT 163

Walter Battiss

Fragments of Africa, portfolio
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Fragments of Africa, portfolio
1951

signed, numbered 37/250, inscribed with the title and illustrated on the front cover; a dedication 'To TWL MacDermot' on an illustrated dedication page; introduction preface signed by Herman J Hahndiek, initialed 'WB'; 22 folders with cut-out windows with prints in full colour, each titled on the mount in pencil

various media on paper
prints: various sizes; outside folder: 46,5 by 31 by 1,5cm

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: I Invented Myself: The Jack M Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, other impressions from this portfolio are illustrated in colour on pages 51 and 53, and the cover of the portfolio and a detailed description of its colophon are on pages 316 and 317.

Notes

Published by Red Fawn Press, Pretoria, 1951.

Bound in an original wrapped cardboard folder.

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