Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 October 2021

Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 62 590
Lot 229
  • William Kentridge; Black Monkey Thorn
  • William Kentridge; Black Monkey Thorn
  • William Kentridge; Black Monkey Thorn
  • William Kentridge; Black Monkey Thorn
  • William Kentridge; Black Monkey Thorn
  • William Kentridge; Black Monkey Thorn


Lot Estimate
ZAR 45 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 62 590

About this Item

South African 1955-
Black Monkey Thorn
2007

signed and numbered 34/60 in pencil and embossed with the David Krut Workshop chopmark in the margin

lithograph and collage on de-acidified book pages
image size: 29,5 by 35cm; sheet size: 38,5 by 44,5cm; 58,5 by 64,5 by 3,5cm including frame

Notes

"Black Monkey Thorn forms part of Kentridge’s analysis of the forms of different trees indigenous to South Africa. In his six-part lecture series, titled Six Drawing Lessons and delivered at Harvard University as part of the preeminent Norton Lectures, Kentridge discussed this series in relation to how works of art develop meaning."1

1. https://artthrob.co.za/product/william-kentridge-black-monkey-thorn/, accessed on 27 August 2021.

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