Strauss & co - 23 May 2016, Johannesburg

129 220 221 220 Cecil Edwin Frans SKOTNES south african 1926–2009 The Assassination of Shaka A portfolio of forty three woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Steven Gray, 1973, with title and preface, edition limited to 225 copies, this set numbered 51/225, each woodcut signed, dated 51 and numbered 51/225 in pencil in the margin, the title page signed and dated by the artist and signed by the poet, in an original linen portfolio. woodcuts in colour sheet size: 50 by 33 cm R30 000 – 40 000 221 Cecil Edwin Frans SKOTNES south african 1926–2009 The Rooinek and The Hunter, two The Rooinek : special edition artist’s book by Herman Charles Bosman, printed and published by Egon Guenther, Johannesburg 1981, limited to 75 copies, this copy numbered 74/75, hand bound in quarter Oasis goatskin by Peter Carstens, including one colour woodcut and 14 wood engravings by Cecil Skotnes, each signed and numbered by the artist. The Hunter : special edition artist’s book by Olive Schreiner, printed and published by Egon Guenther, Johannesburg 1979, limited to 75 copies, this copy numbered 75/75, hand bound in quarter Oasis goatskin by Peter Carstens, including 12 wood engravings by Wendy Vincent, each signed and numbered by the artist. 32 by 25 cm, each (2) R20 000 – 30 000 Lots 224–230 NO LOT ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO