Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 16 October 2017

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 73 892
Lot 600
  • Walter Battiss; Site: Die Kromelmboog, P.O. Cedarville, Dist. Matatiele


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 73 892

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Site: Die Kromelmboog, P.O. Cedarville, Dist. Matatiele

signed, dated June 1957 and inscribed with the title

watercolour over pencil on paper
93 by 121cm excluding frame

Provenance

Prof. Murray Schoonraad and thence by descent.

Literature

Karin Skawran and Michael Macnamara. (eds) (1985) Walter Battiss. Johannesburg: AD Donker. Illustrated on page 42, with the title Bushman painting from Farm Kromelmboog, East Griqualand.

Murray Schoonraad. (1976) Walter Battiss. Cape Town and Johannesburg: C Struik Publishers. Illustrated on pages 33, with the title Eland (copy of rock painting from the farm Kromelmboog, Eastern Cape) and on page 186, Fig 73 with caption transposed with Fig 72.

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