WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)

Lot 729
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Lot 729 | WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)
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£ 60 000 – 80 000
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)

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).



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