Important South African and International Art

Live Auction, 13 November 2017

Session One

Sold for

ZAR 79 576
Lot 158
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire
  • Cecil Skotnes; The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 79 576

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire

A portfolio of forty-three original woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Stephen Gray, 1973, with a signed and dated original woodcut cover page, edition limited to 225 copies, this set numbered 2/225, each woodcut signed, dated 73 and numbered 2/225 in pencil in the margin, the title page is signed, dated by the artist and signed by the poet, in original linen portfolio

colour woodcuts
image size: 44,5 by 28cm; portfolio size: 53,5 by 35,5 by 5cm

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