Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art, Jewellery, Oriental Works of Art and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 20 - 27 September 2021
Prints and Multiples
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
The Locust Swarm
signed with the artist's initials in the image; inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin
screenprint on paper
17 by 24cm excluding frame; 39,5 by 46 by 2,5cm including frame
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 "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 51.
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