© Strauss & Co — view on Strauss & Co website ↗Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, poster, 2017
Print (other) · Paper
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Auction result
Blue Head
William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955)
ZAR 779,800 price realized incl. premium
≈ $97,381≈ £62,730≈ €72,134
Hammer ZAR 700,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 779,800
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- Medium
- Drypoint · Prints & multiples all drypoint results →As published: “drypoint, from 1 copper plate and 2 hand-painted templates, on Arches paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 9/35
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 9/35 in pencil in the margin · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Drypoints
- Dimensions
- 102 by 78cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics (18)
- Date
- September 26, 2011
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 361
- Estimate
- ZAR 250,000 – ZAR 350,000 (≈ $31,220 – $43,708) (≈ £20,111 – £28,155) (≈ €23,126 – €32,376)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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