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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Iris II (In Clamp), 2005
Print (other) · Other support · ed. 36/50
sheet size: 159 by 111cm; 174,5 by 126,5 by 6,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 132
ZAR 910,400≈ $65,130≈ £45,827≈ €53,289Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 300,000–500,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Undo, Unsay, Unremember, 2012
Lithograph
60 by 79cm excluding frame; 95,5 by 110,5 by 8,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 147
ZAR 216,220≈ $15,468≈ £10,884≈ €12,656Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 120,000–160,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Music Box Tondo
Photograph · Paper · ed. 17/60
111 by 111cm excluding frame; 156 by 156 by 7cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 41
ZAR 364,160≈ $26,052≈ £18,331≈ €21,316Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 200,000–300,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Almost Don't Worry
Woodcut / linocut
plate size: 101 by 99cm; 145 by 133 by 3cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 42
ZAR 216,220≈ $15,468≈ £10,884≈ €12,656Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 200,000–250,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Man at a Desk
Etching
plate size: 11 by 11,5cm; 28,5 by 30,5 by 1,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 7
ZAR 45,520≈ $3,257≈ £2,291≈ €2,664Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 20,000–30,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Three Lights
Etching
plate size: 11,5 by 15,5cm; 29 by 30,5 by 1,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 8
ZAR 34,140≈ $2,442≈ £1,719≈ €1,998Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Waiter
Etching
plate size: 11 by 15,5cm; 29 by 30,5 by 1,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · May 18, 2021 · Lot 9
ZAR 56,900≈ $4,071≈ £2,864≈ €3,331Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
The Nose, 2010
Etching · Paper · ed. 40/70
I. 10 3/4 x 17 in. (27.3 x 43.2 cm) S. 16 3/4 x 23 in. (42.5 x 58.4 cm)
Phillips · Apr 20, 2021 · Lot 296
$2,142≈ £1,534≈ €1,777Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–4,000View at Phillips ↗
Porter Series - Carte l'Europe (Shower Woman), 2006
hand-woven mohair tapestry · Paper · ed. 2/5
249 x 345 cm (98 x 135 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Apr 16, 2021 · Lot 300
£100,800≈ $139,205≈ €116,139Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £70,000–90,000View at Phillips ↗
Dutch Iris, 1994
Drypoint · Paper
47 h x 31½ w in (119 x 80 cm)
Rago Auctions · Feb 17, 2021 · Lot 311
$40,000≈ £28,843≈ €33,167Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $15,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗

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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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