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Online-Only Auction, 31 May - 7 June 2021

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 12 898
Lot 490
  • Walter Battiss; Mantis Dance
  • Walter Battiss; Mantis Dance
  • Walter Battiss; Mantis Dance
  • Walter Battiss; Mantis Dance
  • Walter Battiss; Mantis Dance
  • Walter Battiss; Mantis Dance


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 12 898

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Mantis Dance

signed, inscribed with the title and numbered 'Proof' in pencil in the margin

silkscreen on paper
image size: 43 by 52cm; sheet size: 57 by 49cm; 52,5 by 60,5 by 3cm including frame

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: I Invented Myself: The Jack M Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 77 with catalogue number 1967.12 S8.

Karin Skawran (eds) (2005) Walter Battiss Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 22.

Murray Schoonraad (1976) Walter Battiss, Cape Town: C.Struik Publishers, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 37.

 

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