Strauss & co - 20 May 2013, Johannesburg

83 187 186 Bettie CILLIERS-BARNARD south african 1914–2010 Abstract Composition with Birds signed, dated ‘77 and inscribed ‘Artists Proof’ in pencil in the margin silkscreen in colours image size: 58,5 by 41,5 cm R5 000–7 000 187 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 to January 1979, edition limited to 75 copies and 15 artists proofs, this numbered 74/75, each woodcut signed and numbered 74/75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by both the artist and poet woodcuts in colours sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5 cm each R30 000–40 000 186

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