{"product_id":"battiss-in-the-hadhramaut-sketches-of-southern-arabia","title":"Battiss in the Hadhramaut: Sketches of Southern Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring 1976 the University of Pretoria presented an exhibition of a collection of brush and ink drawings by Walter Battiss in the Van Wouw House, Rupert Street, Pretoria, as a tribute to Battiss's 70th birth year. These sketches represented a number of works from the artist's sketchbook which he had made while travelling in the Hadhramaut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was Battiss's dream one day to publish a book about his travels in Southern Arabia to share with us the thrills of his Arabian nights - and days. And although he did not fulfill this dream, he did convey to us his exceptional attraction for the desert by means of his drawings. He once said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who wants to talk of a lovesickness for the desert that must be thought of and felt without words, with silences for nouns and breathing for verbs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo it remains for us to present this book of sketches and reproductions of oil paintings which resulted from his visit as a silent dedication to him and to the desert he loved so much.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murray \u0026 Elzabe Schoonraad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46646825418906,"sku":"11606","price":500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0350\/5704\/1545\/files\/IMG_7796.jpg?v=1759931553","url":"https:\/\/store.a4arts.org\/en-gb\/products\/battiss-in-the-hadhramaut-sketches-of-southern-arabia","provider":"A4 Arts Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}