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Online-Only Auction, 31 May - 7 June 2021

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ZAR 14 070
Lot 160
  • Walter Battiss; Man Alive
  • Walter Battiss; Man Alive
  • Walter Battiss; Man Alive
  • Walter Battiss; Man Alive
  • Walter Battiss; Man Alive


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 070

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
Man Alive

signed, numbered 11/30, and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

silkscreen on paper
41 by 60cm excluding frame; 60 by 77 by 2,5cm including frame

Literature

Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss "I invented myself": The Jack Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg: Ampersand Foundation Publication, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 121 with catalogue number 1973.08 S8.

Karin Skawran (1985) Walter Battiss [known as Battiss 85], Johannesburg: Ad. Donker Publisher, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 87.

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