William Kentridge catalogue 2017

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Presents Collaborations with William Kentridge

November 2017 Portfolio

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Biography

Note: The rand price is per the US dollar exchange rate on the day that the invoice is issued.

All purchases of William Kentridge artworks will be accompanied by a cer ďŹ cate of authen city.

William Kentridge - Lexicon Series: Cape Silver - Aqua nt and Drypoint - 41 x 50cm - 2017 - R45 000.00 incl. VAT

*subject to availability

William Kentridge - Lexicon Series: Leaf - Aqua nt and Drypoint - 41 x 50cm - 2017 - R45 000.00 incl. VAT

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The Glass Vase is printed from one-plate. One plate, was painted by the ar st and the image was li ed using the li ground technique thereby exposing the metal plate to be etched. This aqua nt plate is inked with F66 Black and printed through an etching press. The printers on this project are Sara-Aimee Verity and Nathi Ndlandla. The print was printed onto 100% hemp acidfree handmade paper made at the University of Johannesburg Phumani Paper-mill by Dumisani Dlamini. This is a ached onto white/cream 400gsm Arches paper. On comple on, the ar st, numbered, tled and signed each print with a red pencil crayon.

It was chopped with an impression by Ar st Proof Studio on the right-hand side.

William Kentridge, Glass Vase, Etching, 410 x 500mm, 2016, R56 750.00 incl. Vat

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The Rebus Series A rebus is a representa on of words or phrases by images whose names sound similar to them—for instance, an image of an eye can be used as a rebus to represent the word 'I'. The connec ons made in this way allow for visual and linguis c absurdi es that can transform the original meaning into something dierent. Those kinds of transforma ons are an important in how William Kentridge allows things to happen in the studio.

William Kentridge, Rebus-Cage, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge, Rebus-Earth, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge, Rebus-Fruit Bowl, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge, Rebus-Stamp, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge, Rebus-Head, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge, Rebus-Jug,Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge, Rebus-Globe, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 11 of 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge, Rebus-Telephone,Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge, Rebus-Light, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge, Rebus-Megaphone, Linocut, 400 x 290mm, 2014, Edi on 30, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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Rubrics 'Rubrics' are phrases used repeatedly in Kentridge's performances; opera's and more recently in his Harvard lectures. The encyclopedia, dic onary and ledger paper used date back to the eighteenth century. There are 14 different artworks in the set – The edi on size is 16 = therefore there are 16 of each of the 14 different artworks

William Kentridge - Thick Time, Screen Print, Edi on 16, 520 x 430mm, 2012, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge - Torschluss Panik, Screen Print, Edi on 16, 560 x 430mm,2012, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge - An -Entropy, Screen Print, Edi on 16, 550 x 430mm, 2012, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge - Looking At the Sun, Screen Print, Edi on 16, 550 x 430mm, 2012, R41 000.00 incl. Vat

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The Bird and its Watcher

William Kentridge donated this beau ful work ‘The Bird and its Watcher ‘ to support Ar st Proof Studio’s student training through outreach programs. This work is exclusive to Ar st Proof Studio.

Ar st Proof Studio ar sts and students par cipate in a range of projects that engage social jus ce and democra c prac ce.

These include murals projects, community engagement projects and skills transfer programs teaching art to children in various a er school programs throughout the greater Johannesburg.

William Kentridge - The Bird and it’s Watcher, Linocut, Edi on 50, 600 x 800mm, 2013, R50 000.00 incl. Vat

*subject to availability

Garibaldi The large works of Garibaldi have been translated into monumental prints retaining some of the impetus and spirit of Rome frieze: Triumphs and Laments.

The image is drawn across 20 brass plates with a sugar-li mixture and ink. The plates are then covered with a varnish or ground and submerged in water to 'li ' the drawing through washing, leaving a nega ve image. This is aqua nted with enamel spray paint and immersed in ferric chloride- a non-toxic equivalent of acid. The paper used to print each plate is hand made from raw Chinese hemp fibre that is cooked, pulped and cast into lightweight sheets at the Phumani

Papermill at the University of Johannesburg. The plates have been further etched and dry-pointed adding addi onal layers of tone and nuance to the images.

The prints are mounted on raw co on cloth through the etching press assuming the rough texture of the cloth.

The cloth is folded in on itself using the format of a folded map that fits modestly into ones hands, denying the monumentality of a huge framed artwork. This paradox echoes what Guercio, describing the Rome frieze, called “a desire to experience both the unfolding of me and me itself as unfolding”.

The edi on is small (ten), with each piece individually hand-coloured by Kentridge using ink washes to join the folds between individual paper panels. The work folds into a hand-made clamshell box.

William Kentridge - Garibaldi, Li Ground Aqua nt etching on 100% Hemp Phumani handmade paper mounted on raw co on cloth, Edi on 2/10, 166 x153cm, R568 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

Hope in the Green Leaves 'Hope in the Green Leaves' is a lino relief print carved on-site at Ar st Proof Studio by Philip Mabote, Jan Tshikhuthula, Dzunisani Maluleke and David Tsoka. The impression was printed through the press

by Motsamai Thabane and Charles Thabiso Kholobeng using Book Black Con nental Ink on Hannemuhle Natural White 350gsm paper chosen by the ar st. A er prin ng, each print was hand-washed using Indian ink, by Sara-Aimee Verity. On comple on, the ar st numbered, tled and signed each print with a pencil. The Ar st Proof Studio chop appears on the lower right hand corner.

William Kentridge - Hope in the Green Leaves, Linocut, Edi on 40, 1850 x 1020mm, 2013, R292 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

Colour Swatches Each 'colour swatch' was expressed by William Kentridge as an ink wash drawing on ledger paper. The wash drawings were then transferred onto lino-blocks and collabora vely carved with APS ar sts to reverse the tradi onal process of hard-edge carving out nega ve spaces from the block, to approximate the splashing or uidity of ink-wash pain ng. This requires technical virtuosity to match the expressive drawings. Each work is a colour swatch represented by a hand-screen-printed name of the colour on a white ground that approximates a label. The colour swatches are printed on handmade sisal and co on paper made by the Phumani Paper Mill at the University of Johannesburg and ' pped' onto the sheet of Arches 300gm paper. These works illustrate William Kentridges response to the rendering of colour in black and white.

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch-Terre Verte, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch-Antwerp Blue, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Davy’s Grey, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch-Burnt Umber, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Indian Yellow, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch-French Ultramarine, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Po er’s Pink, Linocut, Edi on 16, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Raw Sienna, Linocut, Edi on 16, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Caput Mortem Violet, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Venetan Red, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Cobalt Violet, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Naples Yellow, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Manganese Blue Hue, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Raw Umber, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Yellow Ocre Light, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch- Prussian Blue, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat *subject to availability

William Kentridge - Colour Swatch-Naples Yellow Deep, Linocut, Edi on 12, 520 x 400mm, 2012(close), R23 000.00 incl. Vat

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William Kentridge - Colour Chart 1, Linocut, Edi on 40, 1430 x 800mm, 2012, R195 000.00 incl. Vat

William Kentridge - Colour Chart 2, Linocut, Edi on 40, 1430 x 800mm, 2012, R195 000.00 incl. Vat

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