15th Mar, 2023 18:00
20th Century & Contemporary Art
65
William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)
Garibaldi
lift ground aquatint etching printed on 100% Hemp Phumani handmade paper, mounted on raw cotton cloth folded (as a map) and housed in a handmade box covered in raw cotton cloth
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: signed and numbered E.V. 4/10 in red conté in the margin
Edition: from an edition of 10 plus 1 AP and 2 PPs
Exhibited: Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 'WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: LULU and TRIUMPHS AND LAMENTS', 7 March to 21 April 2018, an example from the edition exhibited.; Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, 'William Kentridge: O Sentimental Machine', 15 March to 15 April 2017, an example from the edition exhibited.
Sold for R569,000
Estimated at R500,000 - R700,000
lift ground aquatint etching printed on 100% Hemp Phumani handmade paper, mounted on raw cotton cloth folded (as a map) and housed in a handmade box covered in raw cotton cloth
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: signed and numbered E.V. 4/10 in red conté in the margin
Edition: from an edition of 10 plus 1 AP and 2 PPs
Exhibited: Annandale Galleries, Sydney, 'WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: LULU and TRIUMPHS AND LAMENTS', 7 March to 21 April 2018, an example from the edition exhibited.; Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, 'William Kentridge: O Sentimental Machine', 15 March to 15 April 2017, an example from the edition exhibited.
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cloth size: 164.5 x 154 cm unframed; box size: 45 x 36 x 3 cm
Provenace:
Private collection, Johannesburg.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK:
The large-scale works, Garibaldi and She-Wolf (Jug) follow William Kentridge’s 2016 project Triumphs and Laments in Rome. The creation of the monumental prints is a magnificent and complex technical achievement.
The Triumphs and Laments project began in 2002 when fellow artist Kristin Jones invited Kentridge to think about doing a project on the walls of the Tiber River in Rome. Starting with the idea of a frieze and some drawings based on Trajan’s column, the project culminated in a monumental, 500m frieze along the 12 meter high walls of the Tiber. The work ran between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini in the heart of Rome, and for Kentridge, it became about the space between the Vatican and the original Jewish ghetto established in the late Renaissance from 1555, lasting until 1870 when the Italian Army conquered Rome
The work along the Tiber was conceived to fade over time. It no longer exists, but the spirit and impetus of the frieze was captured in a series of sculptures, tapestries and prints.
Garibaldi and She-Wolf (Jug) were each drawn across 20 brass plates and printed on hand-made paper, made from raw Chinese hemp fibre produced by Phumani Papermill at the University of Johannesburg. Prints were then – through the etching press – mounted on raw cotton cloth. This allowed them to assume the rough texture of the cloth, which was finally folded using the format of a folded map and placed in a hand-made clamshell box. The edition is limited to ten and Kentridge has hand-coloured each piece individually, using ink washes to uniquely join the folds between the paper panels.
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COLLECTIONS:
The artist is represented in numerous international collections, notably, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
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Auction: 20th Century & Contemporary Art, 15th Mar, 2023
Kickstarting the 2023 program Aspire Art are delighted to present their first Live sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art in March. The sale has become a highly anticipated event in the Cape Town auction calendar, showcasing and recognising works by truly exceptional artists from Southern Africa.
Contemporary highlights include seminal works by William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Sue Williamson, Johannes Phokela, Zander Blom, Athi-Patra Ruga, Dan Halter and Georgina Gratrix amongst others. International superstars include Pascale Marthine Tayou and Francisco Vidal. Photographic works feature prominently as a special section and include limited editioned prints by celebrated documentary photographers Alf Kumalo and David Goldblatt alongside incredible photographic works by artists like Mary Sibande, Ayana Jackson, Candice Breitz and the award-winning Mikhael Subotzky.
Leading the sale is a group of important and rare works by South African modern masters, most significantly a selection of expressive drawings by Dumile Feni and paintings by social realist George Pemba. The modern collection is complimented by a landscape painted by J.H. Pierneef and a beautifully rendered gouache by Irma Stern from 1951.
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