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Online-Only Auction, 22 - 29 March 2021

Prints and Multiples

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ZAR 14 070
Lot 402
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie
  • Deborah Bell; Every Word is a Lie


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 070

About this Item

South African 1957-
Every Word is a Lie

signed, dated 91, numbered 27/45 in pencil and embossed with the Caversham Press chopmark in the margin

etching and aquatint
plate size: 32,5 by 31,5cm; sheet size: 32 by 44cm; 55 by 66 by 2cm including frame

Notes

This work is Plate IV from the series Little Morals.

Literature

Pippa Stein (2004) Deborah Bell TAXI-010, Johannesburg: David Krut, illustrated on page 57.

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