Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 2 - 12 June 2023

Impression/Expression

Sold for

ZAR 64 488
Lot 161
  • William Kentridge; Act III scene 1
  • William Kentridge; Act III scene 1


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 64 488

About this Item

South African 1955-
Act III scene 1

signed, numbered EV 44/60 and embossed with the MK&AW chopmark

linocut on paper with hand-colouring
image size: 30 by 19,5cm; sheet size: 44 by 32cm, unframed

Notes

The present lot is based on the artist’s drawings for the opera Lulu, William Kentridge’s version of Alban Berg’s 20th century modernist masterpiece. The opera Lulu, opened to great acclaim at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in late 2015.1

1Artthrob, online, https://artthrob.co.za/product/william-kentridge-act-iii-scene-1-2017/, accessed 15 September 2020.

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