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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)

£375,000≈ $475,988≈ €418,267Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumAnti-EntropyPhillips848lots offered2009–2026years recorded79%sold (669)$5kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Anti-Entropy by William Kentridge, 2011, charcoal, coloured pencil and poster paint on 3 sheets of brown pattern-makers paper, in artist's frame, sold Jun 2019Anti-EntropyPhillips · £375,000≈ $475,988≈ €418,267Sign up to see
  2. Drawing for Stereoscope: Soho at Desk on Telephone by William Kentridge, charcoal and pastel on paper, sold Nov 2014Drawing for Stereoscope: Soho at Desk on TelephoneStrauss & Co · ZAR 4,092,480≈ $365,172≈ £229,639≈ €292,465Sign up to see
  3. Dancing Couple by William Kentridge, charcoal, pastel and gold ink on paper, sold Jun 2017Dancing CoupleStrauss & Co · ZAR 4,092,480≈ $321,219≈ £248,795≈ €285,553Sign up to see

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  1. Tree by William Kentridge, linocut on paper, sold Oct 2022
    Tree
    Woodcut / linocut · Paper
    image size: 28 by 19cm; sheet size: 40,5 by 30,5cm
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 92
    ZAR 46,900≈ $2,538≈ £2,243≈ €2,574Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 30,000–40,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  2. Kaboom by William Kentridge, archival pigment print, sold Oct 2022
    Kaboom
    Photograph · ed. 14/50
    image size: 48 by 48cm; sheet size: 54 by 54cm, unframed
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 97
    ZAR 128,975≈ $6,980≈ £6,168≈ €7,079Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 80,000–120,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  3. Big Tree from ‘Universal Archive’ by William Kentridge, linocut printed on 15 sheets Encyclopedia Britannica mounted onto Arches Cover White, sold Oct 2022
    Big Tree from ‘Universal Archive’
    Woodcut / linocut · Paper
    item size: 82 by 95cm
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 13
    ZAR 300,000≈ $16,362≈ £14,462≈ €16,609HammerSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 300,000–500,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  4. Rumours and Impossibilities by William Kentridge, linocut with hand colouring, sold Oct 2022
    Rumours and Impossibilities
    Woodcut / linocut
    plate size: 34 by 19,5cm; 69 by 49,5 by 3cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 31
    ZAR 58,625≈ $3,255≈ £2,902≈ €3,334Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 40,000–60,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  5. Illy Cappuccino Cups and Saucers, six by William Kentridge, ceramic cups with silver mirrored glaze; ceramic saucers with transfer illustration, sold Oct 2022
    Illy Cappuccino Cups and Saucers, six
    Sculpture
    cup with saucer: height 8,5cm, diameter 14,5cm
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 440
    ZAR 23,450≈ $1,302≈ £1,161≈ €1,333Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 18,000–24,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  6. Dutch Iris by William Kentridge, etching and aquatint, 3 plates and 14 colours, sold Sep 2022
    Dutch Iris
    Etching
    image size: 107 by 59cm; sheet size: 120 by 78cm; 134,5 by 93 by 6cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 262
    ZAR 2,048,400≈ $116,021≈ £102,285≈ €117,122Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 800,000–1,200,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  7. Hope in the Green Leaves by William Kentridge, 2013, linocut and ink wash on paper, sold Sep 2022
    Hope in the Green Leaves, 2013
    Woodcut / linocut · Paper
    image size: 166 by 87cm; sheet size: 185 by 102cm; 197 by 115 by 6cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 263
    ZAR 432,440≈ $24,493≈ £21,593≈ €24,726Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 250,000–350,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  8. Lilies by William Kentridge, 2020, coffee-lift aquatint with drypoint, sold Sep 2022
    Lilies, 2020
    Aquatint · ed. 28/30
    image size: 106 by 78cm; sheet size: 134 by 94cm; 149 by 108 by 6cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 264
    ZAR 546,240≈ $30,939≈ £27,276≈ €31,233Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 300,000–400,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  9. Art in a State of Siege (100 Years of Easy Living) by William Kentridge, screenprint on brown paper, sold Sep 2022
    Art in a State of Siege (100 Years of Easy Living)
    Screenprint · Paper
    157,5 by 98cm excluding frame; 170 by 110,5 by 20cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 110
    ZAR 455,200≈ $25,646≈ £22,445≈ €25,682Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 400,000–600,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  10. A Sonnet That I Never Wrote by William Kentridge, 2013, photolithographic print on newsprint, sold Aug 2022
    A Sonnet That I Never Wrote, 2013
    Lithograph · ed. 34/40
    image size: 28 by 28cm;sheet size: 30,5 by 30,5cm, unframed; album 31,5 by 31,5cm
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 255
    ZAR 64,488≈ $3,813≈ £3,262≈ €3,819Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 50,000–70,000View 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

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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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