What the Fook? The Life and Work of Walter Battiss
Timed Online Auction, 12 - 30 June 2025
What the Fook? The Life and Work of Walter Battiss
Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 21 105
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About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Twee Figure met Kat (Two Figures with Cat)
signed with the artist's initials and dated 1971 in the image; signed and numbered Second Proof in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and catalogue number on a Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse
woodcut on paper
image size: 18 by 28cm; 55,5 by 62 by 4cm including frame
Literature
Warren Siebrits (ed) (2016) Walter Battiss: "I Invented Myself", exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour with the title 'Family With Cat' on page 107, cat. no. 1971.05 S8.
Provenance
The Collection of Professor Murray Schoonraad.
