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Abstract skirt panels (x4)

Item date(s): 1958

Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982)

Size: 70x34, 70x65, 70x91cm
Technique: Painted cotton

Category: Found
Type: Fabric

ART 2153

Additional notes:
Designed by the artist for the present owner. Accompanied by a photograph of the owner, Coba Diederiks, wearing the skirt including all four panels; with "Feb '58 Boy's High School" on the back. Filed with the invoice.

And a photograph of Walter Battiss (373 x 296) with details on the back: "Walter Battiss. Opening of exhibition at the S.A. Association of Arts [unreadable[, at the Old Netherlands Bank Building, Church Square, Pretoria. (Specs belonged to my grandmother) C.D.' [Coba Diederiks]. Filed in a separate A3 envelope. Also two letters from Jaff & Company Limited (Delswa) dated 10 & 25th January with correspondence with Grace Battiss concerning the fabric.

Ref: GB/50141