William Kentridge Prints: Value & Auction Prices

b. 1955

Of the 616 lots by William Kentridge (prints) recorded at auction between 2009 and 2026, 508 found a buyer (82%). Half of the priced sales fell between $2.1kSign up free to see and $12.3kSign up free to see, with a median of $3.7kSign up free to see. The highest recorded price is $116kSign up free to see for Dutch Iris at Strauss & Co in September 2022. Most results come from Strauss & Co (525), Phillips (54) and Menzies (7).

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1. 
   The Full Stop Swallows the Sentence, 2012

   Lithograph · Paper

   68,5 by 84,5cm excluding frame; 73 by 89 by 4,5cm including frame

   Strauss & Co · Sep 19, 2023 · Lot 158
   ZAR 234,500≈ $12,386≈ £9,974≈ €11,562Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 200,000–300,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
2. 
   Sleeper and Ubu

   Print (other) · Paper

   image size: 97 by 193,5; 109,5 by 204,5 by 3,5cm including frame

   Strauss & Co · Sep 19, 2023 · Lot 134
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 600,000–800,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
3. 
   A Sonnet That I Never Wrote, 2013

   Lithograph · ed. 21/40

   image size: 28 by 28cm; sheet size: 30,5 by 30,5cm, unframed; album: 31,5 by 31,5cm

   Strauss & Co · Sep 18, 2023 · Lot 37
   ZAR 70,350≈ $3,696≈ £2,986≈ €3,466Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
4. 
   Table with Sparrow

   Print (other) · Paper · ed. 16/25

   image size: 102 by 146cm; sheet size: 111,5 by 153cm, unframed

   Strauss & Co · Sep 18, 2023 · Lot 36
   ZAR 234,500≈ $12,321≈ £9,953≈ €11,555Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 200,000–300,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
5. 
   Nose on a White Horse

   Aquatint · Paper · ed. 20/40

   image size: 19,5 by 14,5cm; 48 by 40 by 3,5cm including frame

   Strauss & Co · Sep 11, 2023 · Lot 34
   ZAR 41,038≈ $2,171≈ £1,734≈ €2,025Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
6. 
   Against Argument (But Not This One), Rubrics Series

   Screenprint · ed. 14/16

   37 by 51cm excluding frame; 45,5 by 58 by 2,5cm including frame

   Strauss & Co · Sep 11, 2023 · Lot 22
   ZAR 41,038≈ $2,171≈ £1,734≈ €2,025Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
7. 
   Head (Blue), 1993-98

   Drypoint · Paper

   40¼ h x 31 w in (102 x 79 cm)

   Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 7, 2023 · Lot 109
   $50,400≈ £40,423≈ €47,059Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $40,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
8. 
   Drawings for Projection, poster

   Print (other) · ed. 7/200

   sheet size: 84 by 59,5cm, unframed

   Strauss & Co · Jul 10, 2023 · Lot 37
   ZAR 17,588≈ $933≈ £730≈ €852Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 15,000–20,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
9. 
   Panic Picnic, from Sleeping on Glass (K. p. 82), 1999

   Etching · Paper · ed. 18/60

   I. 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (24.8 x 33.7 cm) S. 13 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. (34.9 x 49.8 cm)

   Phillips · Jun 21, 2023 · Lot 108
   $2,540≈ £1,996≈ €2,325Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
10. 
    9 Films for Projection, poster

    Print (other) · Other support · ed. 150/200

    82,5 by 58cm excluding frame; 91 by 66 by 2,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Jun 12, 2023 · Lot 202
    ZAR 35,175≈ $1,895≈ £1,508≈ €1,760Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 25,000–35,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
11. 
    Bicycle Kick, poster

    Print (other) · Paper

    image size: 84,5 by 64cm; sheet size: 99 by 68cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Jun 12, 2023 · Lot 198
    ZAR 17,588≈ $947≈ £754≈ €880Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 15,000–20,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
12. 
    Act III scene 1

    Woodcut / linocut · Paper

    image size: 30 by 19,5cm; sheet size: 44 by 32cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Jun 12, 2023 · Lot 161
    ZAR 64,488≈ $3,474≈ £2,765≈ €3,227Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
13. 
    Woman with Mirror

    Etching · Paper

    image size: 60cm by 52cm; 93,5 by 86,5 by 7,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Jun 12, 2023 · Lot 53
    ZAR 93,800≈ $5,053≈ £4,022≈ €4,694Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 80,000–120,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
14. 
    Tree

    Aquatint · Paper

    image size: 29 by 19,5cm; 49,5 by 38,5 by 3,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Jun 12, 2023 · Lot 49
    ZAR 70,350≈ $3,790≈ £3,016≈ €3,520Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
15. 
    Roses In Big Glass

    Aquatint · Paper

    image size: 101 by 79,5cm; sheet size: 119 by 95,5; 134,5 by 111,5 by 7cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · May 16, 2023 · Lot 92
    ZAR 346,575≈ $18,174≈ £14,521≈ €16,703Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 180,000–240,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
16. 
    White Iris

    Etching · Paper · ed. 18/30

    image size: 108 by 59cm; 167,5 by 116,5 by 8cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · May 16, 2023 · Lot 34
    ZAR 519,863≈ $27,262≈ £21,781≈ €25,054Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 450,000–550,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
17. 
    Iris II (In Clamp), 2005

    Print (other) · Other support · ed. AP

    image size: 157 by 110cm; 174,5 by 126 by 7,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · May 16, 2023 · Lot 33
    ZAR 750,913≈ $39,378≈ £31,462≈ €36,190Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 500,000–600,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
18. 
    Sonnet that I never wrote

    Lithograph · ed. 36/40

    image size: 28 by 28cm; sheet size: 30,5 by 30,5cm, unframed; album 31,5 by 31,5cm

    Strauss & Co · May 8, 2023 · Lot 85
    ZAR 87,938≈ $4,792≈ £3,787≈ €4,342Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
19. 
    Untitled (Four Shadows), 2006

    Aquatint · Paper

    each image size: 14,5 by 19,5cm; sheet size: 46,5 by 55,5cm; 57,5 by 65,5 by 4,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · May 8, 2023 · Lot 84
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 80,000–120,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
20. 
    The Sleeper

    Screenprint · Paper

    image size: 30 by 33cm; sheet size: 35 by 37,5cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · May 8, 2023 · Lot 83
    ZAR 64,488≈ $3,514≈ £2,777≈ €3,184Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
21. 
    Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel exhibition poster, 1998

    Lithograph

    22⅝ h x 27¾ w in (57 x 70 cm)

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 308
    $162≈ £130≈ €147Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $300–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
22. 
    Atlas Confession, 2002

    Lithograph

    22⅝ h x 22⅝ w in (57 x 57 cm)

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 26, 2023 · Lot 305
    $4,788≈ £3,841≈ €4,337Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
23. 
    Nose 9, from The Nose series, 2008

    Etching · Paper · ed. 3/50

    I. 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (14.3 x 20 cm) S. 13 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (34.9 x 40 cm)

    Phillips · Apr 18, 2023 · Lot 287
    $4,572≈ £3,673≈ €4,167Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–2,000View at Phillips ↗
24. 
    9 Films for Projection

    Print (other) · Paper · ed. 97/200

    83,5 by 59cm excluding frame; 93 by 68 by 4cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Apr 11, 2023 · Lot 145
    ZAR 29,313≈ $1,606≈ £1,292≈ €1,473Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 15,000–20,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
25. 
    Lexicon (Emergency)

    Etching · Paper

    image size: 29 by 38,5cm; 62,5 by 71 by 7cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Apr 11, 2023 · Lot 75
    ZAR 46,900≈ $2,570≈ £2,068≈ €2,357Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
26. 
    Lexicon (Parade)

    Etching · Paper

    image size: 29,5 by 38,5cm; 62,5 by 71 by 7cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Apr 11, 2023 · Lot 74
    ZAR 46,900≈ $2,570≈ £2,068≈ €2,357Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
27. 
    Lexicon (Apothecary)

    Etching · Paper

    image size: 28,5 by 39cm; 62,5 by 71 by 7cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Apr 11, 2023 · Lot 73
    ZAR 46,900≈ $2,570≈ £2,068≈ €2,357Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
28. 
    Hyacinths (Wait Once Again for Better People), 2020

    Lithograph · Panel · ed. 11/30

    sheet size: 163 by 150,5cm; 179 by 165,5 by 6cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 28, 2023 · Lot 48
    ZAR 1,601,250≈ $88,101≈ £71,464≈ €81,266Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 600,000–800,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
29. 
    Untitled (Artist Sitting)

    Etching · Paper · ed. 22/50

    image size: 24 by 23,5cm; sheet size: 46,5 by 40cm; 63 by 64 by 5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 25
    ZAR 41,038≈ $2,240≈ £1,826≈ €2,079Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 35,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
30. 
    Iris

    Etching · Paper · ed. 11/40

    image size: 20 by 15cm; sheet size: 30 by 24cm; 49 by 41 by 1,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 24
    ZAR 140,700≈ $7,679≈ £6,260≈ €7,128Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 35,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
31. 
    Nose 5 - The Reputation of a Newspaper, from Suite of Thirty Etchings of Nose

    Aquatint · Paper · ed. 21/50

    image size: 20 by 15cm; sheet size: 40 by 35cm; 45 by 40 by 3,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 20
    ZAR 41,038≈ $2,240≈ £1,826≈ €2,079Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 25,000–35,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
32. 
    Untitled, William Kentridge Flute Series

    Aquatint

    image size: 15cm by 15,5cm; sheet size: 35 by 26cm; 42,5 by 33,5 by 2,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 19
    ZAR 46,900≈ $2,560≈ £2,087≈ €2,376Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 25,000–35,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
33. 
    Man with Megaphone, 1999

    Etching · Paper · ed. 41/70

    image size: 24,5 by 37cm; sheet size: 34,5 by 49cm; 46 by 60,5 by 5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 18
    ZAR 64,488≈ $3,520≈ £2,869≈ €3,267Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 60,000–80,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
34. 
    William Kentridge: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, March 2003, Poster

    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 153/220

    65,5 by 70,5cm excluding frame; 70 by 74,5 by 2,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 17
    ZAR 29,313≈ $1,600≈ £1,304≈ €1,485Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 10,000–15,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
35. 
    Levitation

    Etching · Paper · ed. 29/50

    plate size: 49 by 31cm; sheet size: 60 by 50cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Mar 27, 2023 · Lot 15
    ZAR 99,663≈ $5,440≈ £4,434≈ €5,049Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 60,000–80,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
36. 
    The Revolutionary Fighters' Fund (from the 6 Russian Writers series), 1989

    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 20/50

    image size: 7,5 by 9,5cm; sheet size: 9,5 by 14cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Mar 13, 2023 · Lot 27
    ZAR 32,830≈ $1,807≈ £1,491≈ €1,687Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 10,000–15,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
37. 
    May 12, 1979 (from the 6 Russian Writers series), 1989

    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 5/50

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

    Strauss & Co · Mar 13, 2023 · Lot 26
    ZAR 32,830≈ $1,807≈ £1,491≈ €1,687Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 10,000–15,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
38. 
    Irises, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 2019

    Lithograph · Other support · ed. 2/2

    image size 164 by 152cm; 174,5 by 161 by 6cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Feb 28, 2023 · Lot 39
    ZAR 808,675≈ $43,919≈ £36,273≈ €41,359Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 800,000–1,000,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
39. 
    Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work, exhibition poster III

    Print (other) · Paper · ed. 1/60

    image size: 59,5 by 79,5cm; sheet size: 65 by 84,5cm; 77 by 96 by 3cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Feb 28, 2023 · Lot 29
    ZAR 9,380≈ $509≈ £421≈ €480Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
40. 
    Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work, exhibition poster II

    Print (other) · Paper · ed. 7/60

    image size: 74, 5 by 74, 5cm; sheet size: 80,5 by 80,5cm; 91 by 89,5 by 3,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Feb 28, 2023 · Lot 28
    ZAR 14,070≈ $764≈ £631≈ €720Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
41. 
    Why Should I Hesitate Putting Drawings to Work, exhibition poster I

    Print (other) · Paper · ed. 3/60

    image size: 60 by 78cm; sheet size: 65 by 83cm; 76 by 95 by 3,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Feb 28, 2023 · Lot 27
    ZAR 11,139≈ $605≈ £500≈ €570Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
42. 
    Poems I Used to Know

    Screenprint

    44 by 52,5cm excluding frame; 46 by 54,5 by 2cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Feb 13, 2023 · Lot 212
    ZAR 44,555≈ $2,484≈ £2,052≈ €2,324Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
43. 
    Preparing The Flute Poster

    Lithograph · Paper

    sheet size: 80 by 66,5cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Feb 13, 2023 · Lot 211
    ZAR 17,588≈ $981≈ £810≈ €918Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 7,000–10,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
44. 
    Why Should I Hesitate – Book and Print

    Screenprint

    22,5 by 14,5cm excluding frame; 28,5 by 23,5 by 4cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Feb 13, 2023 · Lot 36
    ZAR 10,553≈ $588≈ £486≈ €551Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 4,000–6,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
45. 
    Runner, from the Domestic Scenes series

    Etching · Paper

    plate size: 11,5 by 14cm; sheet size: 28 by 38cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Feb 13, 2023 · Lot 13
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
46. 
    Lulu 2, Alban 4, two

    Etching · Paper

    each plate size: 19,5 by 14,5cm; each sheet size: 38 by 31cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Feb 13, 2023 · Lot 9
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
47. 
    Tondo

    Etching

    plate size: 43,5 by 35cm; sheet size: 53 by 46cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Feb 13, 2023 · Lot 2
    ZAR 82,075≈ $4,576≈ £3,780≈ €4,282Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 70,000–100,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
48. 
    Table With Sparrow (Left Hand), 2019

    Print (other) · Paper · ed. HC

    image size: 102 by 146cm; sheet size: 111,5 by 153cm

    Strauss & Co · Dec 8, 2022 · Lot 26
    ZAR 307,260≈ $17,935≈ £14,707≈ €17,050Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 200,000–300,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
49. 
    Woods

    Drypoint · Paper · ed. 6/8

    image size: 14,5 by 20cm; sheet size: 25 by 29,5cm; 40,5 by 44 by 1,5cm including frame

    Strauss & Co · Nov 22, 2022 · Lot 249
    ZAR 62,590≈ $3,621≈ £3,044≈ €3,525Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–40,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
50. 
    Bird Series, four

    Lithograph · Paper

    each plate size: 14 by 18cm; sheet size: 34,5 by 35cm, unframed

    Strauss & Co · Nov 9, 2022 · Lot 380
    ZAR 182,080≈ $10,226≈ £8,941≈ €10,186Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 80,000–120,000View at Strauss & Co ↗

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