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

Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 July 2021

Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 6 449
Lot 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2
  • Cecil Skotnes; Before the Citadel, no. 2


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Before the Citadel, no. 2

signed and dated 75 in pencil in the margin; poem from the portfolio adhered to the reverse

woodcut on paper
plate size: 36 by 61cm; 79 by 102 by 4cm including frame

Notes

This work is no. 2 from the portfolio White Monday Disaster, 1974, 13 episodes in the life of Wolraad Woltemade in the Cape in 1773 based on the eye-witness report of Charles Peter Thunberg.

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