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Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 13 April 2021

Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 1 251 800
Lot 501
  • William Kentridge; Head
  • William Kentridge; Head
  • William Kentridge; Head
  • William Kentridge; Head
  • William Kentridge; Head
  • William Kentridge; Head


Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 251 800

About this Item

South African 1955-
Head
1993

signed and inscribed 'State Proof'

drypoint, from 1 copper plate and 2 hand-painted templates on Arches paper
image size: 103,5 by 79cm; sheet size: 121 by 91cm; 135 by 104 by 6cm including frame

Notes

This work is from an edition of 15 prints plus various different colour states.

Provenance

Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 6 February 2012, lot 660.

Private Collection. 

Literature

Kendell Geers (ed) (1997) Contemporary South African Art - The Gencor Collection, Johannesburg, another of the edition illustrated on the front cover and page 22.
Bronwen Law-Viljoen (ed) (2006)William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing, another of the edition illustrated  on page 46.
Bronwen Law-Viljoen (ed) (2008) Art and Justice: The Art of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing, another of the edition illustrated on page 139.

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