Johannesburg Auction Week

Live Virtual Auction, 7 - 9 November 2022

Modern and Contemporary Art, Part II

Sold for

ZAR 1 097 600
Lot 363
  • William Kentridge; Refugees (You Will Find No Other Seas)
  • William Kentridge; Refugees (You Will Find No Other Seas)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 600 000 - 800 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 097 600

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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