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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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William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955)
ZAR 52,763 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,889≈ £2,331≈ €2,690
Hammer ZAR 45,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 52,763
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching and aquatint on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 22/40
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 22/40 in pencil in the margin · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- image size: 20 by 15cm
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Defining Impressions: A Selection of Prints from South African Studios (275)
- Date
- November 6, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 69
- Estimate
- ZAR 25,000 – ZAR 35,000 (≈ $1,369 – $1,917) (≈ £1,104 – £1,546) (≈ €1,275 – €1,784)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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