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1 x COLLECTION OF 4 PRINTS "GRAHAMSTOWN: A PORTFOLIO OF FOUR REPRODUCTIONS FROM ORIGINALS" BY LISTED SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST SIDNEY ABRAMOWITCH, SIGNED BY SIDNEY ABRAMOWITCH, NUMBERED 1/650. IDEAL FOR COLLECTORS, INTERIOR DECORATORS. SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. ALL PRINTS MEASURE: 44.5CM x 51.5CM
1. ARTIFICERS SQUARE GRAHAMSTOWN
2. THE DROSTDY ARCH GRAMHAMSTOWN
3. THE CATHEDRAL OFF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE
4. THE OLD PRVOST GRAHAMSTOWN
Born in Johannesburg, the son of Elias and Ethel Ambramowitch. He was educated at Athlone High School. He studied architecture at the Univeristy of Witwatersrand Schol f Architecture. In the Second World War he served with the South African Air Force, University Air Training Squadron (1942-1944). He obtained his BArch degree in 1947 and, in 1989, his MArch (Urban Design) with a thesis on Development of an African City: With reference to the re-urbanisation of Johannesburg and the Development of an Inner Core. He was also a watercolour artist and composer, and spent many hours on the piano an instrument he adored. A preserver as well as creator, he helped to compile a list of 600 heritage buildings for the Institute of Architects.