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Lithograph · Paper
Strauss & Co · Sep 15, 2026ZAR 257,950 ≈ $15,851 ≈ £11,756 ≈ €13,737Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
WWI (Zeno Writing)
William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate ZAR 3,000,000 – ZAR 4,000,000 (≈ $163,680 – $218,240) (≈ £127,975 – £170,633) (≈ €150,414 – €200,551)
Offered at Strauss & Co and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Drawing (charcoal) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “charcoal and red conté on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · William Kentridge signature
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 80 by 121cm excluding frame; 96,5 by 137,5 by 5,5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Evening Sale (314)
- Date
- May 28, 2024
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 132
- Estimate
- ZAR 3,000,000 – ZAR 4,000,000 (≈ $163,680 – $218,240) (≈ £127,975 – £170,633) (≈ €150,414 – €200,551)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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