Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Live Auction, 20 May 2019

Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 193 460
Lot 146
  • William Kentridge; Phenakistoscope
  • William Kentridge; Phenakistoscope
  • William Kentridge; Phenakistoscope


Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 193 460

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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