Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, and Wine

Online-Only Auction, 31 May - 7 June 2021

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 4 456
Lot 530
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners
  • Cecil Skotnes; Pale Prisoners


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 456

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Pale Prisoners

signed, dated 75, numbered 53/75, inscribed with the title in pencil and embossed with the Egon Guenther chopmark in the margin; the poem from the portfolio adhered to the reverse

colour woodcut
plate size: 50 by 37cm; 97 by 71 by 2,5cm including frame

Notes

From the portfolio In Memoriam Charles Eglington, 1975, which consisted of 10 poems by Charles Eglington and 10 original woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes. The edition was printed by Egon Guenther, Johannesburg, and limited to 75 copies numbered 1 to 75, and 15 artists proofs numbered I to XV.

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