ROCK PAINTINGS OF SOUTH AFRICA: Revealing a Legacy

Bassett (Stephen Townley)

Description:

144 pages, profusely illustrated throughout in colour, brick red paper-covered boards, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

‘Rock Paintings of South Africa: Revealing the Legacy is a visual record for posterity of one of South Africa’s most valuable cultural treasures. Each colour plate represents a meticulously painted recording by the author of a rock painting from South Africa. These recordings have been painstakingly rendered with natural pigments and materials collected in the field and are the results of months of on-site labour accurately recording what appears on the rock face. The plates reveal a wealth of details and imagery that is sometimes faded and not clearly visible to the untrained eye or through conventional or digital photography alone.’ Editor’s note.

Details:

  • Publisher: David Philip Publishers
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Jacket Condition: Very good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Large 4to (295 x 295 mm)
  • Lot No: 185
  • Hammer Price: $40
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  • Estimate: $60/70
  • Reserve: $40

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