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
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 863
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Two Flowers, 6 July 1973
signed with the artist's initials and dated 6 July 1973 in the image; signed and numbered 2/6 in pencil in the margin
etching on paper
image size: 17 by 24cm; sheet size: 29 by 38,5cm; 38,5 by 48 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 on page 121, cat. no. 1973. 07 S8*.
Provenance
The Collection of Professor Murray Schoonraad.
Other lots that might interest you
Boys Collecting Wild Fruits
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Aegean
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Twee Figure met Kat (Two Figures with Cat)
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Fook Island Coinage
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Four Excessive Females
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Three Female Nudes
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000