Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape

Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022

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Editions
About the Session

The mouth-watering selection of prints and multiples that are on this current sale should have great appeal, from the collectors of a particular artist, for example Robert Hodgins, to the fledgling collectors looking for a way to enter the art market without having to spend a fortune.   


Sold for

ZAR 22 278
Lot 115
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster
  • Cecil Skotnes; The White Monday Disaster


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 22 278

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
The White Monday Disaster

signed and numbered 90/125

woodcuts in colour
sheet size: 56 by 73cm; portfolio: 57 by 74 by 3cm

Notes

A portfolio of thirteen woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with text by Steven Gray, 1975, with title and preface, edition limited to 125 copies and 25 artist's proofs, this set numbered 90/125, each woodcut signed and dated 75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by the artist and poet, in original linen portfolio.

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