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Online-Only Auction, 29 June - 6 July 2020

Prints and Multiples
  • Walter Battiss; Neo-Marabaraba
  • Walter Battiss; Neo-Marabaraba
  • Walter Battiss; Neo-Marabaraba
  • Walter Battiss; Neo-Marabaraba
  • Walter Battiss; Neo-Marabaraba


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 30 000

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Neo-Marabaraba

signed, numbered 27/30, inscribed with the title and embossed with the Editions 21 Galerie chopmark in the margin

colour screenprint
sheet size: 62 by 44cm; 74,5 by 55,5 by 4cm including frame

Notes

This work references Morabaraba (also known by many other names), a traditional southern African strategy board game played by two players. Each player has 12 pieces, or ‘cows’ (actually pebbles, coins or buttons, for example). One player has light-coloured cows and the other dark to differentiate the two ‘herds’.

Provenance

Strauss & Co, May 2013, lot 305.

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