Lot 19
  • 19

William Kentridge

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • William Kentridge
  • Four Figures on a Bridge
  • incised with the artist's initials, date 2001 and number 4/7 on the bronze element
  • bronze and books
  • 25 5/8 by 39 by 7 in. 65.1 by 99.1 by 17.8 cm.

Provenance

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Capetown, South African National Gallery, William Kentridge, February 2001 - March 2003, cat. no. 148, pp. 152-153, illustrated in color, another example exhibited
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art; Istanbul Museum of Modern Art; Athens, Benaki Museum, In Praise of Shadows, November 2008 - August 2009

Literature

Arlène Bonnant, CAP Collection, Switzerland, 2005, pp. 136-137, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. The bronze sculpture has small, unobtrusive spots of oxidation. The books are worn and their bindings have torn in spots, which appears to be inherent to the artist's intention and choice of medium.
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