Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics

Live Auction, 26 September 2011

Important South African Art Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 779 800
Lot 361
  • William Kentridge; Blue Head


Lot Estimate
ZAR 250 000 - 350 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 779 800

About this Item

South African 1955-
Blue Head

signed and numbered 9/35 in pencil in the margin, executed in 1993

drypoint, from 1 copper plate and 2 hand-painted templates, on Arches paper
102 by 78cm excluding frame

Literature

William Kentridge Prints, David Krut, Johannesburg, 2006, page 47, illustrated

cf. Contemporary South African Art, The Gencor Collection, edited by Kendell Geers, Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 1997, a similar example is illustrated on the front cover and on page 22

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