Important South African and International Art

Live Auction, 10 November 2014

Harry Lits Collection

Sold for

ZAR 34 104
Lot 174
  • Cecil Skotnes; Man's Gold
All images © Succession Cecil Skotnes | DALRO


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 34 104

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Man's Gold

A portfolio of twenty eight woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, 6 poems and text by Stephen Gray, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey. These woodcuts were printed from original blocks in 2 to 5 colours on Zerkall Buetten paper by Egon Guenther, each copy is hand bound in Oasis goat skin by Peter Carstens, Johannesburg, August 1975 to January 1979, edition limited to 75 copies and 15 artist's proofs, this numbered 63/75, each woodcut signed and numbered 63/75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by both the artist and poet

colour woodcuts
sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5cm each

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