Strauss & co - 5 June 2017, Johannesburg

282 Walter Battiss SOUTH AFRICAN 1906–1982 Nesos 54 1969 49 signed, 54 numbered and 53 inscribed with the title; the colophone reads: ‘Nesos is the Greek word for Island. The contents of this book include images from 16 Greek islands that I know. All the serigraphs have been made by me and no printer has touched the pages. There are 25 numbered copies this one is number 22 for Hans van Schaik. Walter Battiss, Athens, 1968’ colour silkscreen book: 35 by 51 cm R400 000 – 600 000 LITERATURE Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: ‘I invented myself’. The Jack Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg:Ampersand Publication. Another edition iIlustrated on pages 87–93 and 317. 260