Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗9 Films, Drawings for Projection, 2004
Photograph · Other support · ed. 40/50
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Sleeper Red, from Sleeper Series
William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955) · 1997
£27,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ $35,813≈ €31,579
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching and aquatint in colours with drypoint, on Arches paper, the full sheet”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 45/50
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 45/50 in pencil · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- S. 97 x 192.8 cm (38 1/4 x 75 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030119)
- Date
- January 24, 2019
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 21
- Estimate
- £25,000 – £35,000 (≈ $32,558 – $45,581) (≈ €28,708 – €40,191)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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