Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Silver and Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 21 February 2022

Contemporary Art
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem
  • Kemang Wa Lehulere; Unknown Poem


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000

About this Item

South African 1984-
Unknown Poem

signed, dated 18, numbered 1/60, inscribed with the title in pencil and embossed with the Warren Editions chop mark in the margin

aquatint on Zerkall 250gsm
image size: 39,5 by 55cm; 56,5 by 71 by 3,5cm including frame

Notes

'Kemang Wa Lehulere’s work is concerned with the intersection between personal biography and collective history, often rendered in materials that have open association to networks of ideas. This print Unknown Poem reveals some of Wa Lehulere’s recurring themes music, pencils and a poetic sense of tragedy.

Made with Zhané Warren of Warren Editions, this print is the result of multiple experiments and iterations in the print studio. The print is an aquatint, which has a similar look to chalk on black board while allowing for new kinds of mark-making.'1

1. https://artthrob.co.za/product/kemang-wa-lehulere-unknown-poem2018/

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