South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 29 January - 5 February 2018

Books

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ZAR 5 855
Lot 433
  • Battiss, Walter; Art in South Africa: The Artists of the Rocks
  • Battiss, Walter; Art in South Africa: The Artists of the Rocks
  • Battiss, Walter; Art in South Africa: The Artists of the Rocks


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ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
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ZAR 5 855

About this Item

Battiss, Walter
Art in South Africa: The Artists of the Rocks

Pretoria: Red Fawn Press, 1948, illustrations

Literature

Various plates of intaglios inserted throughout the book are illustrated in: Wilhelm van Rensburg (2006). High Printing: The woodcuts, wood engravings, linocuts and metal cutouts of Walter Battiss, Johannesburg Gallery AOP and the Red Fawn Press. Black & white and colour reproductions inserted throughout. Each chapter opening with initial letter as woodcut. Metal high-relief (intaglio) images throughout book.

Warren Siebrits (2016). Walter Battiss: "I invented myself" The Jack Ginsburg Collection, Johannesburg: Ampersand Publication. Another example of the book edition is illustrated in colour on page 316.

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