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Online-Only Auction, 15 - 22 February 2021

Staff Picks

Sold for

ZAR 6 449
Lot 27
  • Walter Battiss; Matopos
  • Walter Battiss; Matopos
  • Walter Battiss; Matopos
  • Walter Battiss; Matopos
  • Walter Battiss; Matopos


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 500 - 3 500
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Matopos
inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount
colour woodcut
19,5 by 29,5cm excluding frame; 50 by 57,5 by 3cm including frame

Notes

This item was picked as a Staff Pick by Susie Goodman, Executive Director, from the Johannesburg office.

From the Fragments of Africa portfolio. The complete portfolio comprises 25 works in various formats, published by the Red Fawn Press in 1951.

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation Publication. Another example from the edition illustrated in colour on pages 45 and 53.

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