Lot 300
  • 300

William Kentridge

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • William Kentridge
  • Puppet Drawing [Two Works]
  • each signed
  • paper, tape, colored pencil, chalk and pins collaged on atlas pages
  • Each: 13 3/8 by 18 5/8 in. 34 by 47.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2000.

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

i. This work is in very good condition overall. The collage elements and atlas page are pinned to the backing board in several locations. All of the collage elements are well intact. There is pale time staining to the sheet and some minor discoloration at the extreme edges. There is a soft crease in the lower left edge of the sheet, 2 1/2 inches from the bottom left corner. ii. This work is in very good condition overall. All of the collage elements are well intact. The collage elements and atlas page are pinned to the backing board in several locations. There is pale time staining to the sheet and some minor discoloration at the extreme edges. There are intermittent pinholes due to the artist's working method. There is a 1/2 inch tear in the top left center, approximately 2 1/4 inches down from the top edge.
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