November Online Part I
Online-Only Auction, 22 - 28 November 2021
Books, Portfolios, and Sculpture
All images © Succession Cecil Skotnes | DALRO
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 99 663
About this Item
South African 1926-2009
The Assassination of Shaka – portfolio and book
Portfolio: signed and dated 73 by the artist and the poet on the title page; each print signed, dated and numbered 161/225 in pencil in the margin:
Book: signed by the artist and the poet and numbered 144 on the title page
colour woodcuts
woodcut sheet size: 50 by 33cm; book: 35 by 24,5 by 2cm
Notes
Portfolio: forty-three woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Stephen Gray, 1973, with title page, edition limited to 225 copies, this set numbered 161/225, in original linen-covered solander box.
Book: published by Johannesburg: McGraw-Hill, 1974, signed by the artist and the author, limited edition number 144 of 250, illustrated, including one original woodcut signed by the artist in pencil in the margin, with linen-covered boards, in original linen-covered slipcase.
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