Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 91 040
About this Item
South African 1955-
Untitled (Arc/Procession)
1989
stamped with the artist's name and address in red ink in the composition and inscribed 'Fig 1 Title Plate' and '1st Plate'
charcoal and pastel on paper
image size: 23,5 by 33cm; sheet size: 50 by 64,5cm
Exhibited
cf. Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work, 25 August 2019 to 23 March 2020, where two similar examples are exibited, entitled Sketch for Arc/Procession, dated 1989, and Arc/Procession (Smoke, Ashes, Fable), dated 1990.
Literature
cf. Michael Sittenfeld (ed.) (2001) William Kentridge, New York: Abrams Books. A similar drawing is illustrated on page 62.
cf. Susan Stewart and Bronwyn Law Viljoen (ed.) (2006) William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut. A similar composition is illustrated on page 43.
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