South African and International Art

Live Auction, 11 November 2013

Day Sale

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ZAR 22 736
Lot 163
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 4


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 22 736

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Orgy 4

signed, numbered 4/39 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

colour screenprint
image size: 41,5 by 61cm

Exhibited

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, Walter Battiss, Gentle Anarchist: A Retrospective Exhibition of the works of Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982), 20 October to 3 December 2005, where another example from this edition was exhibited

Literature

Skawran, Karin and Macnamara, Michael (eds.)(1985) Walter Battiss, Johannesburg: AD. Donker. Another example from this edition illustrated in colour on page 89, plate 18.

Skawran, Karin (ed.)(2005) Walter Battiss, Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: The Standard Bank Gallery. Another example from this edition illustrated in colour on page 55.

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