William Kentridge
Chaise Longue
LOT 383
William Kentridge
Chaise Longue
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 56 280
About this Item
South African 1955-
Chaise Longue
2010
signed, numbered 5/50 and embossed with the David Krut Workshop chopmark in the margin
etching
plate size: 20 by 24,5cm; sheet size: 35 by 40cm, unframed
Literature
Sabine Schaschl (ed.), Jane Taylor and William Kentridge (2015) The Nose, exhibition catalogue from the exhibition at Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 4 June to 6 September 2015, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 223.
Notes
The work Chaise Longue (2010) depicts a classic nude in a palazzo in Rome where Kentridge once spent an artist's residence. The presence of a nose references the production of Shostakovich's The Nose, which Kentridge created for the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 2010.
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