South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 29 January - 5 February 2018

Prints & Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 70 260
Lot 352
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 70 260

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The Assassination of Shaka

A portfolio of forty-three woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Stephen Gray, 1973, with title and preface, edition limited to 225 copies, this set numbered 100/225, each woodcut signed, dated 73 and numbered 100/225 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed and dated by the artist and signed by the poet, in original linen portfolio.

woodcuts in colour
sheet size: 50 by 33cm

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