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Online-Only Auction, 22 - 29 March 2021

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ZAR 44 555
Lot 52
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 2
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 2
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 2
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 2
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 2
  • Walter Battiss; Orgy 2


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 44 555

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Orgy 2

signed and inscribed 'proof' in pencil in the margin

colour screenprint on paper
42 by 59cm excluding frame; 59 by 77 by 4cm including frame

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation Publication, another example from the edition illustrated in colour on page 120 with catalogue number 1973.10 S8*.

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