Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗9 Films, Drawings for Projection, 2004
Photograph · Other support · ed. 40/50
Strauss & Co · Sep 15, 2026ZAR 462,100 ≈ $28,396 ≈ £21,061 ≈ €24,609Sign up free to see price
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Sleeper (Red)
William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955)
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ZAR 1,097,488 price realized incl. premium
≈ $59,879≈ £46,817≈ €55,026
Hammer ZAR 950,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 1,097,488
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “colour etching, drypoint and aquatint on wove paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- HC
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered HC II/II in white conté in the margin · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 98 by 192cm excluding frame; 109,5 by 203,5 by 6,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Evening Sale (314)
- Date
- May 28, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 175
- Estimate
- ZAR 1,000,000 – ZAR 1,200,000 (≈ $54,560 – $65,472) (≈ £42,658 – £51,190) (≈ €50,138 – €60,165)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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