Important South African and International Art
Live Auction, 13 November 2017
Session One
About this Item
signed twice numbered 189/500; signed reproduction of ink drawing on the frontispiece
Notes
Publsihed by the Red Fawn Press.
Black & white and colour reprodcutions inserted throughout.
Each chapter opening with inital letter as woodcut.
Metal high-relief (intaglio) images throughout book.
Literature
Various plates of intaglios inserted throughout the book are illustrated in: Wilhelm van Rensburg (2006). High Printing: The woodcuts, wood engravings, linocuts and metal cutouts of Walter Battiss, Johannesburg Gallery AOP and the Red Fawn Press. Black & while and colour reproductions inserted throughout. Each chapter opening with initial letter as woodcut. Metal high-relief (intaglio) images throughout book.
Warren Siebrits (2016). Walter Battiss: "I invented myself" The Jack Ginsburg Collection, Johannesburg: Ampersand Publication. Another example of the book edition is illustrated in colour on page 316.