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Limited edition of 1000 copies. D and S Publishers, Pietermaritzburg, 1981, hardcover, landscape format, full simulated (green) leather covered boards with gilt title on the upper cover, i folio sized, 43.3 cms x 31.3 cms, illustrated, 33 pages, condition: new.
32 pages 7 pages of letterpress including a preface, tributes to Battiss, chronological biography, short list of exhibitions and publications by Battiss, followed by eight colour plates and sixteen pages of black & white images reproducing examples of Battiss work,
Published to celebrate Battiss's 75th birthday,
Walter Battiss was a South African artist, also known as the creator of the "Fook Island" concept.
Battiss was a founding member of the New Group, a loose friendship of recognized contemporary European and American artists. He was unique among them, in the sense that he was from what were then regarded as the colonies and in that he had not studied in either Europe or North America. In fact, in 1938 he visited Europe for the first time. The following year, he published his first book, The Amazing Bushman. His interest in rock art had a very profound impact on his ideas, regarding San painting as an important art form. He was also influenced by African cultural Ndebele beadwork and generally by pre-Islamic cultures and calligraphy. In 1949 he befriended Picasso who would have an influence on his style.
