Strauss & co - 12 November 2018, Johannesburg

95 149 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926–2009 Man’s Gold, portfolio A portfolio of 28 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, slipcase 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, these each signed and numbered 69/75 in pencil in the margin, title page signed by the artist and the poet colour woodcuts each sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5 cm; slipcase: 41 by 56 by 5 cm R30 000 – 40 000 © Irma SternTrust | DALRO