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Drypoint · Paper
Strauss & Co · Sep 21, 2026ZAR 35,132 ≈ $2,161 ≈ £1,613 ≈ €1,880Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Iris
William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955)
ZAR 31,192 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,582≈ £2,256≈ €2,813
Hammer ZAR 28,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 31,192
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching with sugarlift”
- Edition
- 36/40
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 36/40 in pencil in the margin · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 20 by 15cm excluding frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- South African and International Art (23)
- Date
- November 12, 2012
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 155
- Estimate
- ZAR 18,000 – ZAR 24,000 (≈ $2,067 – $2,756) (≈ £1,302 – £1,736) (≈ €1,623 – €2,164)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2011 and 2012 · sold 2
Nov 7, 2011 · Strauss & Co
Important South African Art, lot 194
Sold ZAR 20,052Sign up to see · est. ZAR 18,000 – ZAR 24,000
As catalogued
William Kentridge, “Iris”
etching with sugarlift
20 by 15cm excluding frame
Edition 36/40
Nov 12, 2012 · Strauss & Co this result
South African and International Art, lot 155
Sold ZAR 31,192 +56%Sign up to see · est. ZAR 18,000 – ZAR 24,000
As catalogued
William Kentridge, “Iris”
etching with sugarlift
20 by 15cm excluding frame
Edition 36/40
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 95%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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