Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 March 2023

Art Club
About the Session
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce the launch of Art Club, a monthly live event that will alternate between our Johannesburg and Cape Town salerooms. Strauss & Co’s Art Club will be held on the first Tuesday of every month, coinciding with a monthly online auction. It provides the public with an opportunity to learn with the company’s specialists and forms part of Strauss & Co’s commitment to further education and in-person hospitality.
 
Join Strauss & Co art specialists for a glimpse of the March online auction highlights, followed by a relaxed session of Life Drawing with Strauss & Co artists Ian Hunter and Kirstie Pietersen to embrace the importance of drawing.
 
Venue: 2nd Floor, Brickfield Canvas, 35 Brickfield Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
 

Sold for

ZAR 32 830
Lot 26
  • William Kentridge; May 12, 1979 (from the 6 Russian Writers series)
  • William Kentridge; May 12, 1979 (from the 6 Russian Writers series)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 32 830

About this Item

South African 1955-
May 12, 1979 (from the 6 Russian Writers series)
1989

signed and numbered 5/50 in pencil in the margin

screenprint on paper
image size: 7,5 by 10cm; sheet size: 14,5 by 17cm, unframed

Provenance

Acquired from the Caversham Press.

Private collection.

Literature

Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (ed.) (2006). William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing, another example from the edition illustrated in colour on page 38.

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