Important South Africa and International Art

Live Auction, 23 May 2016

Day Sale

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ZAR 47 746
Lot 220
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 47 746

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The Assassination of Shaka

A portfolio of forty-three woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Steven Gray, 1973, with title and preface, edition limited to 225 copies, this set numbered 51/225, each woodcut signed, dated 51 and numbered 51/225 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed and dated by the artist and signed by the poet, in an original linen portfolio.

woodcuts in colour
sheet size: 50 by 33cm

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