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 8 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 25 795
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Masks
signed, numbered 1/30 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin; dated 1974 on the reverse
colour screenprint on paper
image size: 60 by 42cm; sheet size: 64 by 45cm; 81 by 59 by 3,5cm including frame
Provenance
The Collection of Professor Murray Schoonraad.
Literature
Jillian Carman and Susan Isaac (eds) (2005) Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 194.
Warren Siebrits (ed) (2016) Walter Battiss: "I Invented Myself", exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 122, cat. no. 1973.37.S8*.
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