Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Live Auction, 20 May 2019
Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 193 460
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About this Item
South African 1955-
Phenakistoscope
2000
metal shaft and handle, two vinyl records with four-colour lithographs on maps
diameter: 29,2cm; sculpture height: 80cm
Notes
Four-colour lithograph, hand printed on maps from Bacon's Popular Atlas of the World (1893) and the Oxford Atlas (Oxford University Press, 1951), on Vélin d'Arches Blanc paper. Each print cut to a circle and attached to gramophone record Phenakistoscope constructed of metal shaft and handle, two vinyl records with lithographs. From an edition of 40.
Literature
Kate McCrickard (2012) William Kentridge. London and Johannesburg: Tate Publishing and David Krut. Another work from the edition illustrated in colour on page 62.
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (ed.) (2006) William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing. Another work from the edition is illustrated in colour on page 89.
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