Walter Battiss
African Pieta
Lot Estimate Change Currency
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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