Notes

B.A.T (bon à tirer) refers to the final approved version in the print making process.

The word 'neves' (seven spelled backwards) refers to a prison stretch of seven years or longer.  Neves I and II were made to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday.  The text reflects excerpts from his famous 'I am Prepared to Die' speech, given from the dock when he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia trial in 1964.  Mandela actually completed nearly four neves sentences before his release in 1990.

http://www.willemboshoff.com/documents/artworks/neves1_and2.htm

Exhibited

Michael Stevenson Contemporary, Cape Town, Willem Boshoff: Licked, 2003

Literature

Ivan Vladislavic, Willem Boshoff, David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg, 2005, page 68, illustrated