Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Online-Only Auction, 30 May - 13 June 2022
Prints and Multiples
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Four Figures
engraved wood block
15,5 by 20,5cm excluding frame; 27,5 by 32 by 3cm including frame
Literature
Wilhelm van Rensburg (2014) High Printing: The Woodcuts, Wood Engravings, Linocuts and Metal Cutouts of Walter Battiss, Johannesburg: Gallery AOP, the block and an impression illustrated in colour on pages 42 and 43.
Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: I Invented Myself: The Jack M Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, an impression from the edition illustrated on page 107.
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