21/07/2022 General News, Timed-Online Auctions
The history of printmaking began in Han Dynasty China. Today, traditional printmaking methods, including woodcut, etching, engraving and lithography are used by artists the world over. Allowing artists to create many iterations of the same image, printmaking has throughout history, served as an affordable way to collect art. The largest section on P5’22, which includes nearly 100 works, collectors will be spoilt for choice with prints by many of South Africa’s most celebrated artists including William Kentridge, Willem Boshoff, Wim Botha, David Koloane, Sam Nhlengethwa and Cecil Skotnes amongst others.
Browse and bid on prints here (lots 118-211)
LEFT | Lot 161 | Walter Battiss, Liza Minelli | Estimate: ZAR 8 000 – 12 000
RIGHT | Lot 134 | William Kentridge, Nose with magnifying glass | Estimate: ZAR 40 000 – 60 000
LEFT | Lot 135 | William Kentridge, The Fantastical History of a Useless Man exhibition poster | Estimate: ZAR 25 000 – 35 000
RIGHT | Lot 174 | Cecil Skotnes, (No.26) Festival of the first fruits| Estimate: ZAR 2 000 – 3 000
LEFT | Lot 131 | Willem Boshoff, Word Woes | Estimate: ZAR 20 000 – 30 000
RIGHT | Lot 146 | Sam Nhlengethwa, Miners Showering | Estimate: ZAR 6 000 – 7 000
LEFT | Lot 121 | David Koloane, Conversation | Estimate: ZAR 5 000 – 7 000
RIGHT | Lot 159 | Walter Battiss, A Rare Plant | Estimate: ZAR 18 000 – 24 000
LEFT | Lot 138 | Wim Botha, Table I | Estimate: ZAR 18 000 – 24 000
RIGHT | Lot 139 | Wim Botha, Untitled (Table II) | Estimate: ZAR 18 000 – 24 000