November Online Part I
Online-Only Auction, 22 - 28 November 2021
Prints and Multiples
Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 4 000USD 101 - 202
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 283
About this Item
South African 1906-1982
The Locust Swarm
signed, numbered 5/100 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the artist's name, the title, the medium and the provenance on a label adhered to the reverse
screenprint on paper
image size: 17,5 by 24,5cm; 40 by 46,5 by 1,5cm including frame
Provenance
'Elusive' Books Auction, 26 March 2006.
Literature
Walter Battiss (1951) Fragments of Africa, Pretoria: Red Fawn Press, another impression from the edition included in a portfolio of 25 prints.
Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 51.