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Aquatint · Paper
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William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955)
ZAR 70,350 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,790≈ £3,016≈ €3,520
Hammer ZAR 60,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 70,350
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- Medium
- Aquatint · Prints & multiples all aquatint results →As published: “sugarlift etching on Pumani paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- image size: 29 by 19,5cm; 49,5 by 38,5 by 3,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern and Contemporary Art (247)
- Date
- June 12, 2023
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 49
- Estimate
- ZAR 40,000 – ZAR 50,000 (≈ $2,155 – $2,694) (≈ £1,715 – £2,144) (≈ €2,002 – €2,502)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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