Strauss & co - 11 June 2012, Johannesburg

117 339 Cecil Edwin Frans SKOTNES south african 1926–2009 The White Monday Disaster A portfolio of thirteen woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with text by Steven Gray, 1975, with title and preface, edition limited to 125 copies and 25 artist’s proofs, this set numbered 8/125, each woodcut signed and dated 75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by the artist and poet, in an original linen portfolio. woodcuts in colour sheet size: 56 by 73,5 cm R25 000–30 000 340 Cecil Edwin Frans SKOTNES south african 1926–2009 Man’s Gold A portfolio of twenty eight woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, 6 poems and text by Stephen Grey, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey. These woodcuts were printed from original blocks in 2 to 5 colours on Zerkall Buetten paper by Egon Guenther, each copy is hand bound in Oasis goat skin by Peter Carstens, Johannesburg, August 1975 – January 1979, edition limited to 75 copies, this set numbered 73/75, each woodcut signed and numbered 73/75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by the artist and poet. woodcuts in colour sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5 cm R25 000–40 000 339 340