Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

169 571 Walter Battiss SOUTH AFRICAN 1906-1982 Tane Tahiti, two circa 1978 signed and inscribed with the title and a dedication “for John”and “for Marie”on the underside of each base carved and painted wood with fabric height: 19,5cm and 17,5cm (2) R25 000 - 35 000 PROVENANCE A gift from the artist to the current owner’s grandmother, Marie Rautenbach, University of Pretoria librarian from 1973-1980. 573 Norman Catherine SOUTH AFRICAN 1949- Home Grown 2016 signed; numbered 16/032 on the underside of the base carved and painted wood, on a wooden base height: 33,5cm, including base R25 000 - 35 000 LITERATURE cf. Warren Siebrits (2016) Walter Battiss: I Invented Myself: The Jack Ginsberg Collection , Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation. A similar example illustrated on page 201. In a letter to Dacre Punt from Moorea, Tahiti, in September 1978, Battiss uses the word TANE to describe the “men, boys, males” he encounters there. 1 In the dictionary, the word Tane [Tah-ney], refers to a Polynesian god of fertility. 1.  Ibid . Page 200. 572 Norman Catherine SOUTH AFRICAN 1949- Head Honcho 2016 signed; numbered 16/021 on the underside of the base carved and painted wood, on a wooden base height: 40cm, including base R25 000 - 35 000