Modern and Contemporary Art, with a focus on Abstraction

Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 February 2023

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Sold for

ZAR 55 545
Lot 32
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka, portfolio
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka, portfolio
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assassination of Shaka, portfolio
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
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Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 55 545

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The Assassination of Shaka, portfolio

forty-three woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with poems by Stephen Gray, signed and dated 73 by the artist and the poet on the title page, each print signed, dated, numbered 219/225 and numbered within the series in pencil in the margin, in original linen-covered solander box.

colour woodcut on paper
each sheet size: 50 by 33cm; portfolio: 54 by 35,5 by 4,5cm

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