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Man on a High Chair, 1984 Bronze 32 × 35 × 25cm

Cat, 1999-2000 Bronze 30 × 100 × 20cm

Telephone I, 19992000 Bronze 40 × 38 × 27cm

Ubu, 1999-2000 Bronze 24 × 25 × 24cm

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Stage, 1985 Bronze 31 × 34 × 28cm

Woman on an Inclined Plane, 1984 Bronze 26 × 24 × 25cm

Telephone II, 1999 Bronze 25 × 19 × 25cm

Pylon, 2000 Bronze 40 × 32 × 20cm

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Tatlin, 2000 Bronze 37 × 30 × 25cm

Phenakistoscope, 2000 Colour lithographs on atlas pages and paper mounted on gramophone record, metal handle and armature, wood and electrical components 80 × 50 × 50cm

Printed by Paul Emmanuel and Joseph Legate at The Artists’ Press (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Three Graces, 2000 Bronze, 3 sculptures 26 × 15 × 27cm 25 × 22 × 19cm 27 × 31 × 32cm

Promenade I, 2002 Bronze, 4 sculptures 37 × 19 × 12cm 34 × 16 × 16cm 31 × 17 × 16cm 35 × 16 × 16cm

Promenade II, 2002 Bronze, 4 sculptures 30 × 12 × 12cm 36 × 21 × 4cm 33 × 15 × 16cm 37 × 29 × 11cm

Shadow Quartet, 2003 Bronze, 4 sculptures 34 × 19 × 17cm 36 × 16 × 16cm 34 × 16 × 16cm 30 × 16 × 16cm

Shadow Quartet, 2003-2004 Bronze, 4 sculptures 275 × 128 × 148cm 272 × 148 × 189cm 293 × 126 × 128cm 254 × 105 × 139cm

Procession, 2000 Bronze, 25 sculptures Dimensions variable (overall); height: 1741cm, width: 17-26cm and depth: 2-27cm (each) Cast by Renzo Vignali Foundry (Pretoria, South Africa)

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Four Figures on a Bridge, 2001 Bronze 94 × 58 × 21cm

Four Paper Heads, 2007 Lithograph, letterpress, book pages, coloured pencil and chine-collé, 4 sculptures 25 × 26 × 23cm 40 × 29 × 21cm 38 × 32 × 22cm 43 × 26 × 22cm

Cast by Renzo Vignali Foundry (Pretoria, South Africa)

Collection of the artist Printed by Mark Attwood, Sarah Dudley, Uli Kuehle, Leshoka Legate, Syneth Nyandeni and Jacky Tsila at The Artists’ Press (White River, South Africa)

Nose I (scissors), 2007 Painted bronze 33 × 23 × 14cm

Four Figures on a Bridge, 2001 Bronze 150 × 500 × 100cm (approximately) Technical design and construction by Adrian Kohler and Tau Qwelane

Nose, 2007 Painted bronze 34 × 26 × 15cm

Dog, 2007 Paper, wire, charcoal and coloured pencil 30 × 63 × 63cm

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Rhinoceros, 2007 Foam board, glue, paper, charcoal, encyclopaedia pages and digital print 37 × 65 × 30cm

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Nose, 2007 Painted bronze 34 × 26 × 15cm

Nose (papier-mâché), 2009 Papier-mâché 17 × 13 × 13cm

Nose I (scissors), 2007 Bronze 30 × 16 × 14cm

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Nose II (walking), 2007 Bronze 33 × 14 × 12cm

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Wooden Horse II (horse with ball), 2007 Wood 90 × 70 × 90cm

Construction for Return (Commendatore Naso), 2008 Torn black paper, foam board, wood, rotating steel mechanism, adhesive tape and glue 40 × 72 × 25cm

Table-top Equestrian Sculpture, 2007 Foam board, tree branches, wood, glue, corrugated fibreboard and other materials 56 × 53 × 22cm

Wooden Horse I, 2007 Wood 77 × 78 × 48cm

Untitled I, 2007 Bronze 32 × 39 × 22cm

Untitled IV, 2007 Bronze 32 × 48 × 20cm

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Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Untitled V, 2007 Bronze 38 × 33 × 24cm

Untitled VI, 2007 Bronze 47 × 46 × 19cm

Untitled II, 2007 Bronze 38 × 45 × 20cm

Untitled VII, 2007 Bronze 47 × 44 × 22cm

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Untitled III, 2007 Bronze 30 × 36 × 19cm

Untitled Nose VIII (Nose on horseback), 2007 Bronze 80 × 82 × 48cm

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Construction for Return (Da Capo), 2008 Wire, torn black paper, atlas pages, wood, hand drill, coloured ink, screws, glue and adhesive tape 41 × 48 × 23cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Coloratura), 2008 Wire, torn black paper, foam board, wood, steel, ruler, G-clamps, rotating steel mechanism and adhesive tape 116 × 140 × 60cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Conductor), 2008 Wire, torn black paper, retort stand, wood, rotating steel mechanism and adhesive tape 61 × 61 × 33cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (False Moustache), 2008 Wire, torn black paper, wood, G-clamp, rotating steel mechanism and adhesive tape 41 × 43 × 56cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Justice), 2008 Wire, torn paper, charcoal, cloth, steel, G-clamps, rotating steel mechanism, cherry pitter tool and adhesive tape 46 × 41 × 34cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

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Double Half Horse, 2008 Bronze 40 × 80 × 26cm

Construction for Return (Mezzo), 2008 Wire, torn black paper, wood, spring clamp, G-clamp, rotating steel mechanism and adhesive tape 66 × 82 × 40cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Return), 2008 Paper, book pages, coloured ink, wood, spring clamps, rotating steel mechanism, adhesive tape and glue 50 × 75 × 68cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Singing Major), 2008 Board, wood, paper, atlas pages, rotating steel mechanism, adhesive tape and glue 44 × 65 × 30cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Conductor), 2008 Steel and paint 61 × 61 × 33cm Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Construction for Return (Shout), 2008 Board, wood, black paper, rotating steel mechanism, adhesive tape and glue Height: 40cm (approximately)

Commendatore Naso, 2008 Bronze 36 × 79 × 21cm

Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Cast by Bronze Age (Cape Town, South Africa)

Construction for Return (Tenor), 2008 Wire, torn black paper, wood, spring clamp, rotating steel mechanism and adhesive tape 90 × 88 × 67cm Collaborator for construction Gerhard Marx

Medals of Dishonour, 2008 Bronze Diameter: 11cm

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Three Russian Figures (man with flag), 2008 Bronze 20 × 29 × 13cm

Three Russian Figures (man with globe), 2008 Bronze 29 × 30 × 29cm

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Three Russian Figures (man with megaphone), 2008 Bronze 29 × 25 × 20cm

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx Fire Walker, 2010 Painted steel 370 × 175 × 204cm

Shostakovich, 2009 Wood, steel, rotating steel mechanism and G-clamps 90 × 70 × 120cm

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx Fire Walker, 2009 Rusted steel, or steel and acrylic paint 110 × 75 × 60cm

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx Fire Walker, 2009 Painted steel Height: 1 200cm

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx World on its Hind Legs (maquette), 2009 Painted board and paper 62 × 75 × 43cm

William Kentridge World on its Hind Legs, 2009 Rusted steel 62 × 65 × 43cm

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx World on its Hind Legs, 2010 Painted steel 412 × 312 × 495cm

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx World on its Hind Legs, 2009 Painted steel 66 × 62 × 88cm

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Cat/Coffee Pot, 2010 Painted steel 42 × 100 × 22cm

Sphinx, 2010 Wire, paper, collaged two-dimensional elements and pastel 45 × 110 × 45cm

Bird I, 2011 Bronze 30 × 23 × 25cm

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Bird II, 2011 Bronze 30 × 33 × 25cm

Semaphore, 2011 Wood, steel, mechanical hardware, castors and paint 300 × 160 × 140cm

Technical design and construction by Jonas Lundquist

Bicycle Wheel (double megaphone), 2011-2012 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, aluminium sheet, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 253 × 140 × 125cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

Bicycle (trio), 2011 Bicycle wheels, gears and chain, steel structure, mechanical hardware and found objects 281 × 236 × 105cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans and Louis Olivier

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Kinetic sculpture from film Drawing Lesson 46 (Meccano and white flag), 2011 Steel, steel model components, wood, textile, G-clamp, mechanical hardware and other materials 194 × 91 × 88cm

Sphinx, 2010 Wire and rusted steel 45 × 110 × 45cm

Coffee Pot, 2011 Bronze 37 × 33 × 25cm

Jug, 2012 Bronze 25 × 24 × 18cm

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Megaphone, 2012 Bronze 40 × 28 × 11cm

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Kinetic sculpture from The Refusal of Time (C-curve), 2011 Wood, bicycle wheel, steel, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 230 × 100 × 100cm

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Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Kinetic sculpture from film Drawing Lesson 46 (megaphone with red hand drill), 2011 Painted steel structure, hand drill, G-clamp, mechanical hardware and other materials 172 × 58 × 58cm

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Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Kinetic sculpture from The Refusal of Time (violin bow), 2011 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, aluminium sheet, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 300 × 100 × 100cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Kinetic sculpture from The Refusal of Time (with tube), 2011-2012 Bicycle wheel, aluminium sheets, tripod, mild steel, wood, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 290 × 120 × 150cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Small Bellows, 2011 Steel, wood, bellows, mechanical hardware, steel cable and other materials 184 × 74 × 42cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Small Bellows, 2012 Steel, wood, bellows and steel cable and other materials 180 × 80 × 80cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

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Small Bellows (open mechanism), 2012 Steel, wood, bellows, tripod, aluminium sheet and other materials 203 × 90 × 76cm

Technical design and construction by ChrisWaldo de Wet

Large Bellows, 2012 Steel, wood, bellows, brass, tripod, aluminium sheet, cardboard, textile, leather and other materials 250 × 150 × 150cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

Small Bellows (closed mechanism), 2013 Wood, steel, bellows, tripod, aluminium, mechanical hardware and other materials 205 × 85 × 80cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

Bicycle Wheel II (double megaphone), 2012 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, brass, aluminium sheets, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 260 × 100 × 100cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

Bicycle Wheel III (double megaphone), 2012 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, brass, aluminium sheets, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 260 × 150 × 120cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

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Bicycle Wheel IV (double megaphone), 2013 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, brass, aluminium sheets, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 252 × 158 × 108cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

Bicycle Wheel V (double megaphone), 2012-2013 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, brass, aluminium sheets, tripod, castors, mechanical hardware and other materials 252 × 158 × 108cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

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Steel Rotating Megaphone, 2013 Steel, wood, aluminium, G-clamps, mechanical hardware and other materials Height: 195cm (approximately)

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

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Double Helix (steel rotating megaphone sculpture), 2013 Wood, steel, hand drill, tripod, aluminium, mechanical hardware and other materials 166 × 71 × 81cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Bicycle Wheel (two wheels), 2016 Bicycle wheels, gears and chains, steel, wood, aluminium sheets, tripod, castors, G-clamps, mechanical hardware and other materials 230 × 100 × 110cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Bicycle Wheel (projector), 2017 Bicycle wheel, gears and chain, steel, wood, ruler, aluminium sheet, tripod, castors, G-clamps, mechanical hardware and other materials 228 × 172 × 100cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Wooden Kinetic Megaphone, 2013 Wood, steel, aluminium, tripod, textile, aluminium, mechanical hardware and other materials 220 × 82 × 72cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

Helix, 2017 Steel, hand drill, wood, tripod, mechanical hardware and other materials 185 × 75 × 66cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans

Mechanical drum set from Refuse the Hour, 2012 (refabricated 2019) Percussion instruments, drums, wood, steel, brass, aluminium, G-clamps, audio equipment, software, electronic

components, mechanical hardware and other materials 160 × 300 × 100cm

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Dandy, 2017 Steel, hand drill, wood, G-clamps, mechanical hardware and other materials 195 × 46 × 44cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Jacques van Staden

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Technical design and construction by Jacques van Staden

Drum Set, 2013 Percussion instruments, drums, wood, steel, brass, aluminium, G-clamps, audio equipment, software, electronic components, mechanical hardware and other materials 300 × 160 × 100cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans.

Software design by Janus Fouché.

Sewing Machine, 2012 Sewing machine, steel, wood, brass, aluminium sheet, mechanical hardware and other materials 50 × 55 × 35cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans

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Singer Sewing Machine, 2012 Sewing machine, steel, wood, brass, aluminium sheet, electronic components, mechanical hardware and other materials 66 × 60 × 40cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans.

Software design by Janus Fouché. Music by Philip Miller.

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Heartbeat Sewing Machine, 2016 Sewing machine, wood, metal megaphone, rubber, software, electronic components, mechanical hardware and other materials 60 × 30 × 70cm

Technical design and construction by Christoff Wolmarans. Software design by Janus Fouché.

Untitled (Singer chorus), 2013 Sewing machines, wood, steel, aluminium, audio equipment, mechanical hardware and other materials 171 × 372 × 65cm

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans.

Software design

by Janus Fouché.

Composition and voice

by Neo Muyanga.

Red Singer Sewing Machine, 2013 Sewing machine, wood, steel, aluminium, audio equipment, mechanical hardware and other materials 73 × 48 × 45cm (approximately)

Technical design and construction by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Christoff Wolmarans.

Software design

by Janus Fouché.

Composition and voice

by Neo Muyanga.

Singer Trio, 2018 Sewing machines, wood, steel, aluminium, audio equipment, mechanical hardware and other materials 163 × 176 × 50cm

Audio composition by Nhlanhla Mahlangu. Singers: Thabang Mkhwanaz, Xolisile Bongwana, Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Mandla Sibanyoni. Sound design by Gavan Eckhart. Technical design and construction

by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Jacques van Staden.

Software design by Janus Fouché.

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Singer Trio, 2019 Sewing machines, wood, steel, aluminium, audio equipment, mechanical hardware and other materials 163 × 176 × 50cm

Audio composition by Nhlanhla Mahlangu. Singers: Thabang Mkhwanaz, Xolisile Bongwana, Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Mandla Sibanyoni. Sound design by Gavan Eckhart. Technical design and construction

by Chris-Waldo de Wet and Jacques van Staden.

Software design by Janus Fouché.

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Four Shadow Figures, 2016 Bronze and oil paint, 4 sculptures 50 × 67 × 42cm 40 × 67 × 42cm 30 × 42 × 26cm 70 × 100 × 60cm

Il Cavaliere di Toledo, 2012 Weathering steel 350 × 450 × 160cm (without base)

Typewriter, 2012 Profile-cut mild steel, wood and wire 55 × 150 × 35cm

Prop for The Nose 2016 Papier-mâché, paint and wooden tripod 178 × 87 × 103 cm

Polychrome Heads, 2014 Bronze and oil paint, 5 sculptures 30 × 21 × 9cm 32 × 20 × 11cm 28 × 15 × 11cm 31 × 18 × 11cm 30 × 18 × 11cm

Rebus, 2013 Bronze, 9 sculptures Dimensions variable (overall); 20 × 42 × 24cm, 38 × 25 × 21cm, 29 × 24 × 21cm, 25 × 22 × 22cm, 29 × 25 × 17cm, 27 × 29 × 25cm, 23 × 27 × 24cm, 22 × 27 × 16cm and 23 × 26 × 26cm

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Roman Head, 2014 Wood, board and cloth 45 × 27 × 23cm

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa). Painted by Stella Olivier.

Roman Heads, 2014 Bronze and oil paint, 3 sculptures 43 × 24 × 20cm 42 × 23 × 19cm 42 × 19 × 15cm

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa). Painted by Stella Olivier.

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Three Sisters (Sister Box, Sister Cone, Sister Fan), 2016 Bronze and oil paint, 3 sculptures 23 × 45 × 40cm 37 × 47 × 33cm 33 × 51 × 31cm

1912 Heads, 2016 Paper, board, coloured ink and wood, 8 sculptures 33 × 41 × 26cm 43 × 32 × 24cm 40 × 38 × 47cm 48 × 37 × 27cm

40 × 25 × 17cm 51 × 37 × 27cm 56 × 26 × 25cm 38 × 38 × 11cm

Lexicon, 2017 Bronze, 44 sculptures 134 × 180 × 18cm (overall); height: 7-23cm, width: 7-25cm and depth: 5-19cm (each) Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

1912 Heads, 2016 Wood and acrylic paint, 6 sculptures 38.5 × 41 × 31cm 46 × 33.5 × 24cm 40 × 47 × 18cm 54 × 20 × 34cm 39 × 31 × 22cm 52 × 37 × 16cm

1912 Head, 2016 Bronze and oil paint 40 × 35 × 30cm Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa). Painted by Stella Olivier.

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Processione di Riparazioniste (maquette), 2017 Profile-cut steel and acrylic paint, 15 sculptures Dimensions variable (overall); height: 2041cm, width: 17-37cm and depth: 2cm (each)

Processione di Riparazioniste, 2017 Profile-cut steel and acrylic paint, 15 sculptures Dimensions variable (overall); height: 250-475cm, width 165-374cm and depth: 3cm (each)

Processione di Riparazioniste (maquette), 2018 Profile-cut rusted steel, 15 sculptures Dimensions variable (overall); height: 2756cm, width: 19-43cm and depth: 2cm (each)

Paragraph II, 2018 Bronze, 23 sculptures 80 × 160 × 18cm (overall); height: 1020cm, width: 9-22cm and depth: 7-13cm (each)

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Coffee Pot, 2018 Aluminium coffee maker, FAC-System mechanical construction set, brass, steel and wood 162 × 56 × 38cm

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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Technical design and construction by Jonas Lundquist

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&, 2019 Bronze 330 × 299 × 212cm Cast by Sculpture Casting Services (Cape Town, South Africa) in collaboration with Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

&, 2017 Bronze 84 × 83 × 55cm

Action, 2018 Bronze 103 × 73 × 47cm

Cape Silver, 2018 Bronze 115 × 88 × 61cm

Ring, 2017 Bronze 69 × 93 × 70cm

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Pigeon, 2019 Bronze 90 × 95 × 59cm

Duchess, 2018 Bronze 105 × 42 × 45cm

Duke, 2018 Bronze 77 × 73 × 53cm

Fill, 2017 Bronze 86 × 86 × 49cm

Hero, 2018 Bronze 110 × 66 × 50cm

Action, 2018 Bronze 345 × 265 × 185cm

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Sculpture Casting Services (Cape Town, South Africa) in collaboration with Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Knight, 2018 Bronze 98 × 109 × 57cm

Open, 2018 Bronze 109 × 53 × 43cm

Cat, 2019 Bronze 69 × 124 × 54cm

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Cast by Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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Cape Silver, 2018 Bronze 365 × 285 × 190cm Cast by Sculpture Casting Services (Cape Town, South Africa) in collaboration with Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx Construction for Waiting for the Sibyl, 2019 Plywood, copper tubing, wire, paper, foam board and paint 55 × 110 × 90cm

Open, 2018 Plaster and metal armature 356 × 187 × 134cm Assisted by Louis Olivier at Workhorse Foundry (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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