South African and International Art

Live Auction, 20 May 2013

Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 42 062
Lot 192
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 4


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 42 062

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Orgy 4

signed, numbered 30/39 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

silkscreen in colours
image size: 42 by 61,5cm

Exhibited

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, Walter Battiss, Gentle Anarchist: A Retrospective Exhibition of the works of Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982), 20 October to 3 December 2005, where another example from this edition was exhibited

Literature

Skawran, Karin and Macnamara, Michael (eds.). Walter Battiss. Johannesburg, 1985, another example from this edition illustrated in colour on page 89, plate 18

Skawran, Karin. Walter Battiss, Gentle Anarchist. Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, 20 October to 3 December 2005, another example from this edition illustrated in colour on page 55

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