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William Kentridge

Learning the Flute

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February 26, 05:59 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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William Kentridge

b. 1955


Learning the Flute

35mm film transferred to video CD, blackboard and easel

blackboard: 50 ¼ by 65 ⅜ in. 127.6 by 166.1 cm.

easel: 78 ¾ by 38 ¼ in. 200 by 97.2 cm.

duration: 8 min, 2 sec.

Executed in 2003, this work is number 7 from an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs.

The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

Acquired from the above in 2004 by the present owner

Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, ed., William Kentridge: Flute, New York 2007, pp. 45-47, illustrated in color (another example illustrated)

Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, William Kentridge: Five Themes, February - May 2010, no. 149-50, pp. 172-74, illustrated in color (another example illustrated)