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Orange Nude (Postcard)

Item date(s): 1973

Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982)

Size: 18.5 x 6.5 x 2cm
Technique: Oil on wood

Type: Painting

ART 0756

Additional notes:
Oil on rectangular wooden block painted scraffito style.

This object was sent through the mail with a 3 cent stamp which has the Post Office cancellation.

Marked on the back:

At Top: POST CARD.

On left (the message): 38 Highfield Rd. Beacon Bay. Dear Mr Fook, Words May Spoil the Idea. Yours [unreadable - Kawie?].

A vertical line divides the left and the right.

At right (the address): Mr Ferdinand Fook, Box [unreadable but probably "1" as the item illustrated below], Fook Island, Indian Ocean.

Another similar postcard illustrated on p50 of Walter Battiss, Gentle Anarchist, Standard Bank, 2005. The wording on this illustration is more easily readable than the copy described which has had a more weathered journey through the mail.

Illustrated on p27 of An educational supplement of Walter Battiss - Gentle Anarchist by Philippa Hobbs.

Illustration on p70 of Walter Battiss - Gentle Anarchist shows Walter Battiss running from the Umtata Post Office where his driftwood letters (one of which he is holding) were officially stamped. (Photo: Norman Catherine).

Ref: GB/50009