Cecil Skotnes
Mhalangane Stabs Shaka, The Assasination of Shaka Series
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Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 49 245
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About this Item
South African 1926-2009
Mhalangane Stabs Shaka, The Assasination of Shaka Series
signed; inscribed with the artist's name on a South African National Gallery label adhered to the reverse
carved and incised woodblock matrix
44,5 by 28cm excluding frame; 55,5 by 39 by 2cm including frame
Literature
Stephen Gray (1974) The Assassination of Shaka: 43 Woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, Johannesburg: McGraw-Hill Book Company (Pty) Ltd, the print is illustrated in colour on page 3.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist and thence by descent to the current owner.
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