Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 16 - 23 August 2021
Prints and Multiples
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 518
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
African Pietà
signed with the artist's initials in the plate; inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount
screenprint
sheet size: 17,5 by 22cm; mount size: 43 by 29cm, 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 in colour on page 53.
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