Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Wine

Online-Only Auction, 16 - 23 August 2021

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 5 863
Lot 368
  • Walter Battiss; Boys Collecting Wild Fruits
  • Walter Battiss; Boys Collecting Wild Fruits
  • Walter Battiss; Boys Collecting Wild Fruits
  • Walter Battiss; Boys Collecting Wild Fruits


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 863

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Boys Collecting Wild Fruits

signed in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the artist's initials in the image

screenprint on paper
image size: 20 by 25cm; 21,5 by 26,5cm, unframed

Literature

Walter Battiss (1951) Fragments of Africa, Pretoria: Red Fawn Press, another impression from the edition included in a portfolio of 25 prints.

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss 'Invented Myself': The Jack Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 51.

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