Lot 25
  • 25

William Kentridge

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • William Kentridge
  • Drawing for The Film Felix in Exile
  • signed
  • gouache, charcoal and pastel on paper
  • 22 1/2 by 30 in. 57.2 by 76.2 cm.
  • Executed in 2002.

Provenance

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

Literature

Arlène Bonnant, CAP Collection, Switzerland, 2005, pp. 152-153, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled. There are scattered eraser shavings and some minor surface scratches in the black area, which are visible under raking light. There are very faint fingerprints along the right lateral edge. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte intermittently along the top edge and the top half of the side edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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