South African and International Art, Decorative Arts

Online-Only Auction, 30 April - 7 May 2018

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 5 863
Lot 175
  • Walter Battiss; The Locust Swarm
  • Walter Battiss; The Locust Swarm
  • Walter Battiss; The Locust Swarm
  • Walter Battiss; The Locust Swarm
  • Walter Battiss; The Locust Swarm


Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 863

About this Item

South African 1906-1982
The Locust Swarm

signed in pencil in the margin, inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount

linocut on paper
image size: 18 by 24cm, unframed

Notes

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. Illustrated in colour on page 51.

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