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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Medusa, 2001
Lithograph
5 h x 30 w x 29¾ d in (13 x 76 x 76 cm)
Wright · Jun 23, 2016 · Lot 208
$3,556≈ £2,392≈ €3,122Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Wright ↗
Messenger
Etching · ed. 20/22
image size: 23 by 17cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 173
ZAR 45,472≈ $2,911≈ £2,010≈ €2,596Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–40,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Woman in Frilled Dress
Pastel
17,5 by 10,5cm excluding frame
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 174
ZAR 45,472≈ $2,911≈ £2,010≈ €2,596Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Chaise-Longue
Etching
sheet size: 35 by 40cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 180
ZAR 45,472≈ $2,911≈ £2,010≈ €2,596Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
William Kentridge Prints
Etching
sheet size: 40 by 35cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 182
ZAR 51,156≈ $3,275≈ £2,261≈ €2,920Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Anne
Etching
sheet size: 43,5 by 43cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 187
ZAR 45,472≈ $2,911≈ £2,010≈ €2,596Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Rumours and Impossibilities
Woodcut / linocut
sheet size: 52 by 31,5cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 188
ZAR 34,104≈ $2,183≈ £1,508≈ €1,947Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Garden at Houghton Drive (Agapanthus)
Lithograph
sheet size: 42 by 50cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 198
ZAR 51,156≈ $3,275≈ £2,261≈ €2,920Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–40,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
9 Films
Lithograph · ed. 1/10
sheet size: 219 by 154cm
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 334
ZAR 386,512≈ $24,745≈ £17,086≈ €22,064Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 275,000–375,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Telephone Lady
Woodcut / linocut · Canvas
204 by 99cm excluding frame
Strauss & Co · May 23, 2016 · Lot 335
ZAR 454,720≈ $29,111≈ £20,102≈ €25,957Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 400,000–600,000View at Strauss & Co ↗

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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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