William Kentridge
Refugees (You Will Find No Other Seas)
Lot Estimate
ZAR 600 000 - 800 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 115 240
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1955-
Refugees (You Will Find No Other Seas)
signed and numbered P/P I/II in red conté in the margin; inscribed with the title on a label adhered to the reverse
lift ground aquatint etching printed on 100% Hemp Phumani handmade paper, mounted on raw cotton cloth folded (as a map) and housed in a handmade box covered in raw cotton cloth
item size: 169 by 244cm; box size: 35.5 by 45 by 6cm, unframed
Literature
William Kentridge (2019) Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work, Cape Town: Koenig Books, published to accompany the artist's exhibitions at Norval Foundation and Zeitz MOCAA, 24 August 2019 to 23 March 2020, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 317.
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