Walter Battiss
Locust Swarm, Bushveld Life, Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants, The Newborn Kid
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
Locust Swarm, Bushveld Life, Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants, The Newborn Kid
each inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount
colour woodcut
sheet size: 19 by 25,6cm, unframed; sheet size: 13,7 by 20,7cm, unframed; sheet size: 20 by 22,5cm, unframed; sheet size: 28,5 by 16,8cm, unframed
Notes
Inscribed with the title on the mount by the artist.
From the Fragments of Africa portfolio. The complete portfolio comprises 25 works in various formats, published at the Red Fawn Press in 1951.
Literature
Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation Publication. Another example of each artwork from the edition illustrated in colour on page 51.
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