South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 9 - 16 July 2018

University of Johannesburg Choir Endowment

Sold for

ZAR 4 104
Lot 28
  • Cecil Skotnes; Miners Underground
  • Cecil Skotnes; Miners Underground
  • Cecil Skotnes; Miners Underground
  • Cecil Skotnes; Miners Underground
  • Cecil Skotnes; Miners Underground


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 104

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Miners Underground
signed and dated 78
three colour woodcut
image size: 27,7 by 40,5cm; sheet size: 38 by 53cm, unframed

Notes

Printed from the original block for the portfolio Man's Gold, 1975−1979, which consisted of 28 woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, and 6 poems with text by Stephen Gray, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey, published by Egon Guenther.

Provenance

Egon Guenther Collection

Literature

Cecil Skotnes and Stephen Grey (1975−1979). Man's Gold, Johannesburg: Egon Guenther, illustrated in colour.

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