Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗You Who Never Arrived, 2021
Etching · Paper · ed. 8/20
Strauss & Co · Jul 21, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Learning the Flute
William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955) · 2003
$40,640 price realized incl. premium
≈ £32,246≈ €39,036
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “film on DVD projected onto blackboard”
- Support
- Board
- Edition
- 6/8
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 78 3/4 x 65 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (200 x 165.7 x 49.5 cm) duration 8 minutes
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art (NY010125)
- Date
- February 28, 2025
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 185
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $40,000 (≈ £23,804 – £31,738) (≈ €28,816 – €38,421)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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