Day Sale

Timed Online Auction, 2 - 16 September 2024

Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 35 175
Lot 10
  • Cecil Skotnes; Lieutenant King Returns Knickknacks to Shaka, The Assasination of Shaka Series
  • Cecil Skotnes; Lieutenant King Returns Knickknacks to Shaka, The Assasination of Shaka Series
  • Cecil Skotnes; Lieutenant King Returns Knickknacks to Shaka, The Assasination of Shaka Series


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 35 175

About this Item

South African 1926-2009
Lieutenant King Returns Knickknacks to Shaka, The Assasination of Shaka Series

signed; inscribed with the artist's name on a South African National Gallery label adhered to the reverse

carved and incised woodblock matrix
44,5 by 27,5cm excluding frame; 55,5 by 39 by 2cm including frame

Literature

Stephen Gray (1974) The Assassination of Shaka: 43 Woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, Johannesburg: McGraw-Hill Book Company (Pty) Ltd, the print is illustrated in colour on page 38.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist and thence by descent to the current owner.

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