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Online-Only Auction, 15 - 22 February 2021
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 19 347
About this Item
South African 1938-2016
The Gospel According to Judas, artist's book
signed, dated 1982 and numbered 2/40
mixed media
each sheet: 40 by 32cm; solander box: 45,5 by 35,5 by 3cm
Notes
Artist's book printed and published by Bruce Attwood, Broederstroom Press, bound and boxed in an original linen solander box by Peter Carstens, loose title page with double image of Judas in utero, loose colophon page with index, ten pages joined by tape along long margins to form an accordion which is an extended drawing incorporating photolithography, lithography, pencil drawing, oil painting and collage.
Literature
Wilhelm van Rensburg (Ed.) (2008) Judith Mason: a prospect of icons, exhibited at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg and Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Art Gallery, illustrated in colour on page 117.
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