Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics

Live Auction, 11 October 2010

Session Two

Sold for

ZAR 37 876
Lot 199
  • Michaelis School of Fine Art; Twenty Prints, 1951-1953
  • Michaelis School of Fine Art; Twenty Prints, 1951-1953


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 37 876

About this Item

South African 20th Century
Twenty Prints, 1951-1953

complete portfolio, no 66 of a limited edition of 100 woodcuts, linocuts, etchings and lithographs, each print signed by the artist (except for the Dronsfield) and numbered in pencil.  The artists are: Walter Battiss, Gregoire Boonzaier, John Dronsfield, Eleanor Esmonde-White, Katrine Harries, Anton Hendriks, Cecil Higgs, May Hillhouse, Alfred Krenz, Francois Krige, Maggie Laubser, Lippy Lipschitz, Cecil Max Michaelis, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Alexis Preller, Ruth Prowse, Rupert Shephard, Irma Stern, Maurice van Essche and Jean Welz, contained in original portfolio, two framed.

sheet size: 55,5 by 38cm

Notes

Purchased from the University of Cape Town in 1965 by the current owner's father.   Two are from different editions, the Shephard is no 16/50 and the Harries is no 39/66.

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