South African and International Art

Live Auction, 20 May 2013

Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 36 378
Lot 205
  • Cecil Skotnes; Man's Gold


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 36 378

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Man's Gold

A portfolio of twenty eight woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, 6 poems and text by Stephen Grey, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey. These woodcuts were printed from original blocks in 2 to 5 colours on Zerkall Buetten paper by Egon Guenther, each copy is hand bound in Oasis goat skin by Peter Carstens, Johannesburg, August 1975 to January 1979, edition limited to 75 copies and 15 artists proofs, this numbered Artist's Proof XIV/XV, each woodcut signed and numbered XIV/XV in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by both the artist and poet

woodcuts in colours
sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5cm each

View all Cecil Skotnes lots for sale in this auction