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119 158 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926–2009 The Assasination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation First Lost its Empire A portfolio of forty-three original woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes with captions by Stephen Gray, 1973, with a signed and dated original woodcut cover page, edition limited to 225 copies, this set numbered 2/225, each woodcut signed, dated 73 and numbered 2/225 in pencil in the margin, the title page is signed, dated by the artist and signed by the poet, in original linen portfolio colour woodcuts image size: 44,5 by 28 cm; portfolio size: 53,5 by 35,5 by 5 cm R40 000 – 60 000 159 Walter Battiss SOUTH AFRICAN 1906–1982 Art in South Africa: The Artists of the Rocks signed twice and numbered 189/500; signed reproduction of ink drawing on the frontispiece artist’s book R20 000 – 30 000 LITERATURE Various plates of intaglios inserted throughout book are illustrated in: Wilhelm van Rensburg (2006) High Printing: The woodcuts, wood engravings, linocuts and metal cutouts of Walter Battiss . Johannesburg: Gallery AOP and the Red Fawn Press. Black & white and colour reproductions inserted throughout. Each chapter opening with inital letter as woodcut. Metal high-relief (intaglio) images throughout book. Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: “I invented myself” The Jack Ginsburg Collection , Johannesburg: Ampersand Publication. Another example of the book edition is illustrated in colour on page 316. 158 159 ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO