Studio Portrait
William Kentridge (Johannesburg 1955)
Lot-No. 417
Proceeds : 5.700 €
Silkscreen and photolithograph. 93,5 x 66 cm. Unframed. Lo. ri. sign. in pencil Kentridge and lo. le. num. e.a. - One of the most acclaimed contemporary artists from South Africa. K is known for his drawings, as well as for his theatre and opera productions. His works are shaped by politics, literature, history and science, and are oftentimes influenced by post-Apartheid socio-political conditions in South Africa. K. has received a wide variety of international accolades. He was awarded honorary doctorates by Yale and the University of London amongst others and was made an Honorary Academician at the Royal Academy in London in 2015. In 2022 he received the Honour of the Order of the Star of Italy, in 2017 he won the Princesa de Asturias Award for the Arts and in 2010 he was recipient of the Kyoto Prize. K.'s opera productions have been performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the La Scala in Milan, as well as the Sydney Opera house to name but a few. Mus.: Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago), New York (MoMA), London (Tate Modern), Perth (Art Gallery of Western Australia), Paris (Centre Pompidou und Fondation Louis Vuitton), Amsterdam (Stedelijk Museum), Ottawa (National Gallery of Canada), Kyoto (National Museum of Modern Art) amongst others
William Kentridge: Studio Portrait
William Kentridge (Johannesburg 1955)
Studio Portrait
Lot-No. 417
Proceeds : 5.700 €
Silkscreen and photolithograph. 93,5 x 66 cm. Unframed. Lo. ri. sign. in pencil Kentridge and lo. le. num. e.a. - One of the most acclaimed contemporary artists from South Africa. K is known for his drawings, as well as for his theatre and opera productions. His works are shaped by politics, literature, history and science, and are oftentimes influenced by post-Apartheid socio-political conditions in South Africa. K. has received a wide variety of international accolades. He was awarded honorary doctorates by Yale and the University of London amongst others and was made an Honorary Academician at the Royal Academy in London in 2015. In 2022 he received the Honour of the Order of the Star of Italy, in 2017 he won the Princesa de Asturias Award for the Arts and in 2010 he was recipient of the Kyoto Prize. K.'s opera productions have been performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the La Scala in Milan, as well as the Sydney Opera house to name but a few. Mus.: Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago), New York (MoMA), London (Tate Modern), Perth (Art Gallery of Western Australia), Paris (Centre Pompidou und Fondation Louis Vuitton), Amsterdam (Stedelijk Museum), Ottawa (National Gallery of Canada), Kyoto (National Museum of Modern Art) amongst others
