Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 October 2021

Contemporary Art
  • William Kentridge; Medusa


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000

About this Item

South African 1955-
Medusa

signed, numbered 42/60 in pencil and embossed with The Artists' Press and Mark Attwood chopmarks in the margin

three-run lithograph printed over chine collé of spreads from Nouveau Larousse Illustre (1906), on BFK Rives White paper; flat image is reflected in a mirror-finish steel cylinder placed at its centre
diameter: 58,5cm, unframed, two parts

Provenance

Strauss & Co, Johannesburg, 20 May 2019, lot 145.

Literature

Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (ed.) (2006) William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing. Another edition from the edition is illustrated in colour on page 116.

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