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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848lots offered2009–2026years recorded79%sold (669)$4.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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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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Average price

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median $4.9kfree account

High

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Lots sold

669

of 847 offered · 2009–2026

Sell-through

79%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 570 of 669 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	8	6	75%	$48.3kSign up	$6.2kSign up	$257kSign up
Mixed media	7	5	71%	$57.4kSign up	$6.5kSign up	$257kSign up
Works on paper	149	100	67%	$88.6kSign up	$44.4kSign up	$476kSign up
Watercolor	3	1	33%	$38.1kSign up	$38.1kSign up	$38.1kSign up
Gouache	4	3	75%	$82.2kSign up	$61.4kSign up	$164kSign up
Pastel	62	46	74%	$106kSign up	$55.7kSign up	$365kSign up
Drawing	44	23	52%	$111kSign up	$96.6kSign up	$476kSign up
Prints & multiples	613	505	82%	$11.3kSign up	$3.7kSign up	$116kSign up
Etching	173	136	79%	$14.4kSign up	$4.3kSign up	$116kSign up
Engraving	3	2	67%	$23.9kSign up	$23.9kSign up	$43.6kSign up
Aquatint	47	38	81%	$18kSign up	$5.5kSign up	$62.6kSign up
Drypoint	49	41	84%	$11.8kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$97.4kSign up
Lithograph	165	150	91%	$7.9kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$95.8kSign up
Screenprint	46	37	80%	$8.8kSign up	$4kSign up	$79.2kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	73	53	73%	$11.5kSign up	$9kSign up	$35kSign up
Print (other)	52	43	83%	$7.6kSign up	$2kSign up	$65.1kSign up
Multiple	5	5	100%	$14.3kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$44.7kSign up
Photography	37	30	81%	$14.4kSign up	$10.4kSign up	$35kSign up
Photograph	37	30	81%	$14.4kSign up	$10.4kSign up	$35kSign up
Sculpture	30	19	63%	$30.2kSign up	$20.1kSign up	$155kSign up
Other	10	9	90%	$62.8kSign up	$40.6kSign up	$205kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	75	57	$4.3kSign up
2025	126	94	$5kSign up
2024	91	61	$2.6kSign up
2023	116	90	$4kSign up
2022	96	80	$5.6kSign up
2021	33	29	$5.3kSign up
2020	13	9	$12.3kSign up
2019	59	52	$7.8kSign up
2018	46	43	$7.3kSign up
2017	42	36	$4.1kSign up
2016	23	19	$2.9kSign up
2015	21	15	$5.2kSign up
2014	16	14	$49.7kSign up
2013	17	12	$10.9kSign up
2012	15	14	$5kSign up
2011	32	23	$7.6kSign up
2010	14	13	$7.1kSign up
2009	12	8	$4.4kSign up