Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 13 October 2014

Cape & Colonial Silver & Furniture, International & South African Art Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 31 831
Lot 558
  • William Kentridge; Act III, Scene 9, from Ubu Tells the Truth


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 31 831

About this Item

South African 1955-
Act III, Scene 9, from Ubu Tells the Truth

inscribed with the title in the plate; signed and numbered 31/50 in pencil in the margin and impressed with the Caversham Press chop mark, executed in 1996-7

hardground, softground, aquatint and drypoint engraving
image size: 25 by 29,5cm

Literature

Dan Cameron, Carloyn Christov-Bakargiev & JM Coetzee. (1999) William Kentridge. Phaidon Press Limited: London. Illustrated on page 32.

Rory Doepel. (1997) Ubu: +-101, William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Deborah Bell, Johannesburg: French Institute of South Africa and the Art Galleries, University of the Witswaterstrand. Illustrated on page 17.

Rosalind Krauss, Roger Malbert & Kate McCrickard. (2002) A Universal Archive: William Kentridge as Printmaker. Hayward Publishing: London. Illustrated.

Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (ed). (2006) William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing. Illustrated on page 62.

Michael Sittenfeld (ed). (2001) William Kentridge. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art; New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. Illustrated on page 116.

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