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Exhibition Invitations

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Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982) - (exhibition by)

Pages: various
Size: various

Place publication: Various

Additional notes:
????. EXHIBITIONS I, II and III. A three page list of international exhibitions and a 2 x two page lists of local exhibitions drawn up by Battiss - probably 1975.

????. 10 Studio Battiss - Studio BATT. 12-23/12/??. An exhibition organised by Battiss at his home in Menlo Park with Pottery, Tapestries, Furniture and a "Limited edition of 4 graphics" (by WB?)

????. Grosvenor Gallery, London. "Africa". Three page promotional statement.

????. Argus Gallery, Cape Town. Exhibition of the new Group. 5/3/??.

????. Elizabeth Art Gallery, Johannesburg. 26/11/??.

????. The Arts Hall (adjoining St. George's Park), [Port Elizabeth], 26/3/??.

????. The Bureau of Adult and Visual Education of and at The Pretoria Technical College. An Exhibition of Bushman Paintings & Engravings. 9-30/5/??. [see also "The Aesthetics of the Bushmen" which may have been the address given on the occasion].

????. Masonic Hall, [city unidentified]. Very early exhibition - image signed WWB. 26/8/??.

1943. MacFadyen Hall, University of Pretoria. 11/9/1943.

1943. Durban City Art Gallery. 15-17/11/1943. Emily Fern and Walter Battiss. (with a pencil drawing of Battiss on the inside back cover - signed M. Pillay and dated 6/10/43).

1950. Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd, London. Nine South African Painters. 18/4/1950.

1950. Johannesburg Art Gallery. April-May 1950. [Notification only - not invitation]

1951. Gallerie Vincent, Pretoria. Introduction by Maria Stein-Lessing. 3/11/51 (year added by Battiss).

1956. Lidchi, Johannesburg. 14-16/5/1956. 2 copies, one not dated, the other annotated. With a pamphlet: Walter Battiss what the Critics overseas say which may have been published at this time.

1957. D. S. Vorster Gallery, Pretoria. 8/10/1957 (date in WB handwriting)

1959. Lawrence Adler Galleries, Johannesburg. Auction Sale. 25/11/1959.

1960. Lawrence Adler Galleries, Johannesburg. 22/11/1960.

1962. Gallery Vermeer, Pretoria. 4/12/1962.

1962. Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg. 20/12/1962. The Year's Findings. (annotated on back).

1964. Adler Fieldling Gallery, Johannesburg. 11/8/1964.

1966. Walsh Marais Gallery, Durban. March 1966. With price list.

1969. Gallery 101, Jeppe Street, Johannesburg. 27/10/69.

1970. Gallery 101, Hyde Park Corner. My Africa. 17/10/1970.

1975. Elizabeth Art Gallery, Johannesburg. 8/11/1975.

1976. Frieda van Schalkwyk. Pretoria. 24/06/1976.

1977. Hoffer Art Gallery, Pretoria. A few works in collaboration with Norman Catherine. 26/2/77.

1978. Hoffer Art Gallery, Pretoria. 1/2/1978

1979. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. 3/3/1979. Tahiti Plus.

1979. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. 25/4/1979. [annotated by Battiss].

1979. Pretoria Art Museum. 26/9/1979.

1979. Johannesburg Art Gallery. 19/11/1979.

1980. Hoffer Art Gallery, Pretoria. 29/4/1980. With price list.

1980. Gallery International, Cape Town. Recent Works by South African Artists. June/July/1980?

1981. Walter Battiss Art Museum, Somerset East. 24/10/1981.

1983. Goodman Gallery, Milner Park. 22/10/1983. Portfolio of five reproductions.

1990. Coppin Johnson Gallery, Durban. 27/10/1990.

2002. Pretoria Art Museum. 6/8/2002. Grace & Walter. 20 years, a commemoration. With letter.

Ref: GB/30200