South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 29 January - 5 February 2018

Prints & Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 4 684
Lot 338
  • Walter Battiss; Under the Baobab
  • Walter Battiss; Under the Baobab
  • Walter Battiss; Under the Baobab
  • Walter Battiss; Under the Baobab


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 684

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Under the Baobab

inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount

colour woodcut
image size: 17 by 20cm; sheet size: 23,5 by 23,5cm

Notes

Inscribed with the title on the mount by the artist.

From the Fragments of Africa portfolio. The complete portfolio comprises 25 works in various formats, published at the Red Fawn Press in 1951.

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation Publication. Another example from the edition illustrated in colour on page 53.

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