Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Wine

Online-Only Auction, 15 - 22 February 2021

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 11 725
Lot 408
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1
  • Cecil Skotnes; Tropical Island, no. 1


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Tropical Island, no. 1

signed, dated 75, numbered 12/75 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

colour woodcut
plate size: 37,5 by 50cm; 61 by 71 by 1cm including frame

Notes

The work is no 1 from the portfolio 'Baudelaire's Voyage', which consists of 10 original woodcuts printed by Egon Guenther in Johannesburg, and 10 sonnets by Stephen Grey, published in September 1975. The edition was limited to 75 copies numbered 1 to 75, and 15 artists proofs numbered I to XV.

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