Important South African Art

Live Auction, 16 May 2011

Session One

Sold for

ZAR 46 788
Lot 192
  • Cecil Skotnes; Man's Gold
  • Cecil Skotnes; Man's Gold
  • Cecil Skotnes; Man's Gold
  • Cecil Skotnes; Man's Gold


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 46 788

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Man's Gold
1975

28 woodcuts each signed, dated and inscribed 71/75 in pencil in the margin

woodcuts in colour
sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5cm

Notes

28 woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, 6 poems and text by Stephen Grey, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey.  These woodcuts were printed from original blocks in 2 to 5 colours on Zerkall Buetten paper by Egon Guenther, each copy is hand bound in Oasis goat skin by Peter Carstens, Johannesburg, August 1975 - January 1979.

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