Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

164 562 Robert Hodgins SOUTH AFRICAN 1920-2010 New York! New York!!! signed, dated ‘06, numbered 16/40 in pencil and embossed with The Artists’ Press chop mark four colour lithograph 53 by 65cm R30 000 - 50 000 564 Deborah Bell SOUTH AFRICAN 1957- Crossing signed, dated 2004, numbered 9/12, inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin, and embossed with the David Krut Workshop and Timothy Foulds Studio chop marks drypoint image size: 68,5 by 99cm; sheet size: 76 by 111cm R40 000 - 60 000 563 Walter Battiss SOUTH AFRICAN 1906-1982 Day of the Wind signed, dated 1982 and inscribed with the title white gouache on black paper 35 by 49,5cm R20 000 - 30 000 LITERATURE cf. Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: I Invented Myself: The Jack Ginsberg Collection , Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation. Similar examples illustrated on pages 229 and 238. “Battiss removed colour from his work and began to work in black and white at the time he was diagnosed with cancer in late 1978. Even after he was treated and cured, he returned to working with white ink on black paper, which became a major feature of his last works.” 1 1.  Ibid . Page 228. LITERATURE Juliet White (2010) Deborah Bell’s Alchemy , Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing. Illustrated in colour on page 38. 562 563