ID 1450931
Lot 69 | WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
Porter Series: Geographie des Hebreux ou Tableau de la dispersion des Enfants de Noe (Noah)
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated 'Geographie des Hebreux ou Tableau de la Dispersion des Enfants de Noë 1/1 2015 W Kentridge' (on a fabric label sewn to the reverse); embroidered with the artist's signature 'KENTRIDGE' (on the reverse)
handwoven mohair tapestry
97 5/8 x 128 ¾in. (249.3 x 327cm.)
Executed in 2005 / 2015, this work is the studio copy aside from an edition of three plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist).
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria Lia Rumma, Kiefer, De Dominicis, Kentridge, Merz, 2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Westport, Westport Arts Center, Allegories of Displacement, 2006 (another from the edition exhibited).
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, William Kentridge: Tapestries, 2007-2008, pl. 27, pp. 84, 113 and 114 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 85).
Johannesburg, Goodman Gallery, Advance/...Notice /, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited).
| Artist: | William Kentridge (1955) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Africa, South Africa |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | William Kentridge (1955) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Africa, South Africa |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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