South African and International Art, Decorative Arts
Online-Only Auction, 8 - 18 September 2017
Books, Artist Books & Portfolios
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 46 840
About this Item
Cecil Skotnes and Stephen Gray
Man's Gold
A bound book with 28 woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, 6 poems and text by Stephen Gray, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey. These woodcuts were printed from 2 to 5 colours on Zerkal Buetten paper by Egon Guenther, hand bound in Oasis goat skin by Peter Carstens, Johannesburg, August 1975-January 1979, edition numbered to 75 copies. This copy is numbered 29, each woodcut signed and numbered 29/75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by both the artist and poet. Presented with a card and linen slip-cover. 39,5 by 55,5cm.
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