South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 10 - 17 September 2018
Prints and Multiples
About this Item
Notes
1. Limpopo: signed and numbered 230/250 in pencil in the margin; screenprint; sheet size: 49,5 by 65cm; 67,5 by 83 by 1,5cm including frame.
2. Limpopo (book): Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1965; signed, dated 1965 and inscribed with a dedication; 31 by 24,5 by 2cm.
3. Three Woodcuts from the book 'Limpopo': embossed with the Walter Battiss chopmark; woodcut; sheet size: 40,5 by 31,5cm, unframed. Illustrated in 'Limpopo' (Van Schaik, 1965) on pages 117, 121 and 123.
4. Limpopo: signed, numbered 90/200 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin; one colour lithograph; sheet size: 30,5 by 23,5cm; 42,5 by 35,5 by 2cm including frame.
Literature
Warren Siebrits (ed.) (2016). Walter Battiss: 'I Invented Myself', Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation, publication of the book Limpopo is discussed on page 61 and the cover is illustrated on page 62. Item 4 is illustrated on page 71.
Standard Bank Gallery (2005). Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery. Item 1 is illustrated in colour on page 26.