South African and International Art

Online-Only Auction, 7 - 20 April 2015

Twentieth Century South African Art

Sold for

ZAR 32 788
Lot 126
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 32 788

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The Assassination of Shaka

A portfolio of forty-three woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Steven Gray, 1973, with title page, edition limited to 225 copies, each woodcut signed, dated 73 and numbered VI/XXV and inscribed 'Proof' and 'No. 1-43' in pencil in the margin, the title page signed and dated by the artist and signed by the poet, in original linen portfolio

colour woodcuts
sheet size: 50 by 33cm each; portfolio size: 54 by 36 by 5cm

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