Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 July 2021

Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 10 553
Lot 78
  • Walter Battiss; Assault of the Eyrie
  • Walter Battiss; Assault of the Eyrie
  • Walter Battiss; Assault of the Eyrie
  • Walter Battiss; Assault of the Eyrie


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 10 553

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Assault of the Eyrie

inscribed with the title on the mount

colour woodcut on paper
image size: 30 by 22cm; sheet size: 35,5 by 25cm, unframed

Notes

From the Fragments of Africa portfolio published by Red Fawn Press, Pretoria, 1951.

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I Invented Myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 53.

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