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  • Walter Battiss; African Pietà
  • Walter Battiss; African Pietà
  • Walter Battiss; African Pietà
  • Walter Battiss; African Pietà
  • Walter Battiss; African Pietà
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About this Item

Walter Battiss
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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