ID 792767
Lot 729 | WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Porter Series: Expédition de jeune Cyrus et Retraite des Dix-mille (with Wrought Iron)
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated ‘Expedition de Jeune Cyrus Porter Series 2007 Edition 1⁄5 WKentridge’ (on a fabric label sewn to the reverse) and signed again ‘KENTRIDGE’ (on a fabric label affixed to the reverse)
handwoven Mohair tapestry and embroidery
94 1⁄4 x 135 7⁄8in. (240 x 345cm.)
Executed in 2006-2007, this work is number one from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
Literature
William Kentridge: Tapestries, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007-2008 (illustrated, p. 115).
Exhibited
Naples, Museo Madre, Per_forming a collection #4, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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| Artist: | William Kentridge (1955) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Africa, South Africa |
| Artist: | William Kentridge (1955) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Africa, South Africa |
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