South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 29 January - 5 February 2018

Prints & Multiples
  • Walter Battiss; African Pieta
  • Walter Battiss; African Pieta
  • Walter Battiss; African Pieta
  • Walter Battiss; African Pieta


Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
African Pieta

inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount

colour woodcut
sheet size: 17,1 by 22cm, 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 from the edition illustrated in colour on page 53.

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