South African Abstract Art

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  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
  • Walter Battiss; Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four
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Walter Battiss
South African 1906-1982
Locust Swarm; Bushveld Life; Cattle Metamorphasied into Plants; The Newborn Kid, four

each inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount

colour woodcut
sheet size: 19 by 25,6cm, unframed; sheet size: 13,7 by 20,7cm, unframed; sheet size: 20 by 22,5cm, unframed; sheet size: 28,5 by 16,8cm, unframed

Notes

Inscribed with the title on the mount by the artist.

From the Fragments of Africa portfolio. The complete portfolio comprises 25 works in various formats, published by the Red Fawn Press in 1951.

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation Publication. Another example of each artwork from the edition illustrated in colour on page 51.

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