William Kentridge

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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Pet Sphinx
Etching · Paper
image size: 30 by 22cm; 64 by 49,5 by 4cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 55
ZAR 64,488≈ $3,531≈ £2,849≈ €3,288Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Self Portrait as a Coffee Pot
Lithograph · Paper
image size: 86 by 71cm; 121,5 by 103 by 7,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 6
ZAR 234,500≈ $12,841≈ £10,358≈ €11,955Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 200,000–300,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Lulu
Etching · Paper
image size: 19,5 by 15cm; 58,5 by 44,5 by 4cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 61
ZAR 23,450≈ $1,284≈ £1,036≈ €1,196Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 20,000–30,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Carlton Centre Games Arcade Series
Etching · Paper
image size: 22 by 27,5cm; 43,5 by 42,5 by 2,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 68
ZAR 164,150≈ $8,989≈ £7,251≈ €8,369Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Iris
Etching · Paper · ed. 22/40
image size: 20 by 15cm
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 69
ZAR 52,763≈ $2,889≈ £2,331≈ €2,690Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 25,000–35,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Kaboom (with Vinyl)
Photograph · Paper · ed. 28/50
image size: 48 by 48cm; 76 by 74,5 by 3,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 72
ZAR 152,425≈ $8,347≈ £6,733≈ €7,771Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 90,000–120,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Telegrams From The Nose, three
Lithograph · Paper
57 by 50cm excluding frame; 73 by 66,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 75
ZAR 70,350≈ $3,852≈ £3,108≈ €3,587Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 60,000–80,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Bicycle Kick
Print (other) · Paper · ed. 34/50
image size: 97,5 by 75cm; 149 by 118 by 4,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 6, 2023 · Lot 76
ZAR 87,938≈ $4,815≈ £3,884≈ €4,483Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–50,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Medusa (für Parkett 63), 2001
Lithograph
Druckgrafik: 75,5 x 76,5cm. Zylinder: 13 x Ø 9cm
Van Ham · Oct 31, 2023 · Lot 124
€9,240≈ $9,812≈ £8,072Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,000–View at Van Ham ↗
Untitled (Artist Standing), from The HMV Set
Etching · Paper
12 by 12,5cm excluding frame; 50,5 by 50,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Oct 9, 2023 · Lot 16
ZAR 41,038≈ $2,118≈ £1,740≈ €2,011Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–40,000View 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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