April Art
Timed Online Auction, 28 March - 15 April 2024
Impression/Expression
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690
Location
Johannesburg
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Fook Island Stamps, two
(1) signed and numbered 191/250 in pencil in the margin
(2) signed and numbered 85/250 in pencil in the margin
photolithograph on perforated paper
(1) 25,5 by 22cm excluding frame; 45,5 by 41,5 by 3,5cm including frame; (2) 25,5 by 24,5cm excluding frame; 45 by 44 by 3,5cm including frame
Notes
These stamps are a reproduction of an original watercolour by the artist Alpha Batt 115 (Self Portrait) produced in 1975. A lithographic reproduction was produced for the Fook exhibition at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, September 1975. See Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: "I Invented Myself": The Jack M Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, page 158.
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