Strauss & co - 23 May 2016, Johannesburg

128 218 219 218 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 Gray, 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 artist’s proofs, this numbered 65/75, each woodcut signed and numbered 65/75 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed by both the artist and poet colour woodcuts sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5 cm R40 000 – 60 000 219 Cecil Edwin Frans SKOTNES south african 1926–2009 The White Monday Disaster Thirteen original woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with text by Stephen Gray, 1975, printed in colours, with title and preface, edition limited to 125 copies and 25 artist’s proofs, this set numbered 79/125, each woodcut signed and dated by the artist, the title page signed by the artist and poet, in original full buckram binding sheet size: 56 by 73 cm R20 000 – 30 000 ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO