William Kentridge

South African · b. 1955 · Painter, Printmaker

William Kentridge is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. He is especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he… (Wikipedia)

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Anti-EntropyPhillips · Jun 2019£375,000≈ $475,988≈ €418,267Sign up to see
Drawing for Stereoscope: Soho at Desk on TelephoneStrauss & Co · Nov 2014ZAR 4,092,480≈ $365,172≈ £229,639≈ €292,465Sign up to see
Dancing CoupleStrauss & Co · Jun 2017ZAR 4,092,480≈ $321,219≈ £248,795≈ €285,553Sign up to see

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Little Morals, eight
Aquatint · Paper
each image size: 23,5cm by 31,5cm; each sheet size: 32 by 44cm, unframed
Strauss & Co · May 17, 2022 · Lot 244
ZAR 569,000≈ $35,608≈ £28,512≈ €33,780Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 500,000–700,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
9 Films
Photograph · Other support · ed. 36/50
156 by 110cm excluding frame; 166,5 by 121 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 17, 2022 · Lot 43
ZAR 341,400≈ $21,365≈ £17,107≈ €20,268Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 400,000–500,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Xa Xa Xa
Woodcut / linocut · Paper · ed. 8/40
102 by 64cm excluding frame; 125 by 85 by 7cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 17, 2022 · Lot 44
ZAR 125,180≈ $7,834≈ £6,273≈ €7,432Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 100,000–150,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Bath Tub and Shower
Lithograph · Paper
sheet size: 35 by 50,5cm; 48 by 63,5 by 4cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 17, 2022 · Lot 56
ZAR 45,520≈ $2,849≈ £2,281≈ €2,702Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Soho Eckstein - Evangelist of Science
Lithograph · Paper
sheet size: 38 by 35cm; 51 by 48 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 17, 2022 · Lot 57
ZAR 45,520≈ $2,849≈ £2,281≈ €2,702Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
The Bird and its Watcher
Woodcut / linocut · Paper · ed. PP
55 by 75cm excluding frame; 86 by 104 by 5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 17, 2022 · Lot 82
ZAR 45,520≈ $2,849≈ £2,281≈ €2,702Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Six Russian Writers
Screenprint
sheet size: 65,5 by 50cm; 82 by 66 by 2,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Apr 25, 2022 · Lot 102
ZAR 58,625≈ $3,738≈ £2,933≈ €3,478Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
6 Domestic Scenes
Etching · Paper
sheet size: 49 by 37,5cm; 67,5 by 57 by 2cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Apr 6, 2022 · Lot 390
ZAR 284,500≈ $19,431≈ £14,849≈ €17,789Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 120,000–160,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
A Sonnet That I Never Wrote, 2013
Lithograph · ed. 22/40
image size: 28 by 28cm; sheet size: 30,5 by 30,5cm, unframed; album: 31,5 by 31,5cm
Strauss & Co · Apr 6, 2022 · Lot 547
ZAR 113,800≈ $7,773≈ £5,940≈ €7,116Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Untitled
Etching · ed. 41/50
Sworders · Apr 5, 2022 · Lot 298
£1,000≈ $1,314≈ €1,198HammerSign up free to seeEst. £1,000–1,500View at Sworders ↗

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William Kentridge signature

753 catalogued lots by William Kentridge record a signature line. The most common placement is in the margin (85% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

in the margin187
lower right20
lower left7
on the reverse5
lower centre1

Form

signed684
signed and dated55
initialled7
signed in pencil7

Signed 'KENTRIDGE' lower right — Drawing for Algiers, Phillips, Mar 7, 2026
Numbered '40/45' lower left; signed 'W Kentridge' lower right — Wait, Wait, Phillips, Oct 14, 2025
Signed lower right: WKentridge; editioned lower left — William Kentridge: Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Exhibition Poster, Leonard Joel, Apr 16, 2025

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About William Kentridge

William Kentridge is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. He is especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s, constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second's to two seconds' screen time. A single drawing will be altered and filmed this way until the end of a scene. These palimpsest-like drawings are later displayed along with the films as finished pieces of art.

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