South African and International Art
Live Auction, 20 May 2013
Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
About this Item
South African 1926-2009
Man's Gold
A portfolio of twenty eight 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 to January 1979, edition limited to 75 copies and 15 artists proofs, this numbered 74/75, each woodcut signed and numbered 74/75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by both the artist and poet
woodcuts in colours
sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5cm each
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