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 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 35 175
Location
Cape Town
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
People Admiring a Sculpture
signed and inscribed with the title in pencil; inscribed with the artist's name and the title on a Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse
pen and ink on card
45 by 64cm excluding frame; 63 by 76 by 3,5cm including frame
Exhibited
The Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Walter Battiss Retrospective, 1979-80, cat. no. 96.
Literature
Warren Siebrits (ed) (2016) Walter Battiss: "I Invented Myself", exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, a similar example with the title Profile with Three Contorted Figures illustrated in colour on page 226, cat. no. 1981.05 S8.
Provenance
The Collection of Professor Murray Schoonraad.
Notes
The present lot is the original ink drawing from which the colour screenprint 'Profile with Three Contorted Figures' was created.
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