SIGNED!! `HANNES HARRS 3 BAKUBA COLLAGES` IN SLIPCASE, INCLUDES 1 ORIGINAL SIGNED and NUMBERED PRINT

Scarce!! SIGNED!! "HANNES HARRS - 3 BaKuba COLLAGES" IN FINE SLIPCASE INCLUDES 1 ORIGINAL SIGNED & NUMBERED COLLOGRAPH PRINT!!

Large square pictorial hardcover BOOK in SLIPCASE, 330 x 340mm.  2 pages text by Pieter Swanepoel (dated 1995, Pretoria University). 12 full page detail-photos of the collages, by Photographer Pieter de Ras. Colour photo of Hannes Harrs on frontis page, with reproduction of signature. Book has 60 pages, but photos and titles printed only on recto. Published 2002, reproduction and printing by Colors.

INCLUDED with the book as when published: An original collograph print signed by Hannes Harrs, dated  2003 and numbered 32/40 in pencil. Cotton paper size 315 x 320 mm. 

CONDITION: Book in excellent, as new condition. The original collograph print is provided loose to allow for framing. Slipcase has very slight tear on 1 corner.

HARD COVER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, IN MATCHING SLIP CASE. Hannes Harrs is renowned in South Africa and Europe for his talents as a sculptor, painter and graphic artist. Although his origins are clearly European, he has been inspired by the rhythms of Africa. Harrs was born in 1927 in Eckernforde, Germany. His passionate involvement with Africa dates back to his childhood, when an uncle, a ships captain, brought him artifacts from the continent. He became so interested with them that it led to an obsession that brought him to Africa in 1950. Harrs love for Africa, its people and culture is a focus for his work. His respect for, and empathy with African culture is evident in the way he successfully transforms traditional imagery, yet his art is bound neither to time nor place. Unlike many artists who prefer to stick to safe and successful formulae, Harrs has the courage to venture into new realms. Harrs work demonstrates how technical precision and creative vision are successfully united. It also reinforces Harrs refusal to be complacent with success. He refines, integrates and consolidated his past in order to break aesthetic boundaries. Harrs works in almost every medium including oils, graphics, sculpture and mixed media. He is represented by many galleries and museums in South Africa and beyond.