Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

43 T O P L A C E A B I D C L I C K O N T H E R E D L O T N U M B E R 769 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926–2009 Man’s Gold, portfolio each woodcut signed and numbered ‘Artist Proof XII/XV’ in pencil in the margin; colour woodcuts each sheet size: 38,5 by 53,5 cm; solander box size: 41 by 56,5 by 5 cm R40 000 – 60 000 A portfolio of 28 woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes, 6 poems and text by Stephen Gray, based on ideas by Denis Godfrey, published in Johannesburg from August 1975 to January 1979. These woodcuts were printed from original blocks in 2 to 5 colours on Zerkall Buetten paper by Egon Guenther, edition limited to 75 copies and 15 Artist’s Proofs numbered I to XV, in a leather-bound solander box covered in full Oasis goatskin, made by Peter Carstens. 770 Peter Clarke SOUTH AFRICAN 1929–2014 Limits, artist’s book signed with the artist’s signature and monogram, dated December 1996, and inscribed with the title collage and mixed media 10,5 by 18,5 by 1,5 cm R20 000 – 30 000 PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist by the current owner. ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO