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185 i Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, ‘Interview: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in conversation with William Kentridge’ in Cameron, C., Christov-Bakargiev, C. and Coetzee, J. M., William Kentridge . London: Phaidon, 1999, p 26. ii Lynne Cooke, ‘Mundus Inversus, Mundus Perversus’ in Benezra, N. Boris, S. and Cameron, D. William Kentridge , MCA, Chicago, 2001, p 52. metaphor in Stereoscope , suggests life, tears and floods. Heads that appear to be asleep or dreaming evoke Kentridge’s monumental African heads. The lower register contains words rich in associative references. Delve suggests digging the ground as well as probing the past. While stroke may imply caresses, it also refers directly to the bizarrely compelling notion of creating electricity by stroking dry, black cats, as advocated by the Russian poet and playwright, Vladimir Mayakovsky – the likely source for the cat in Kentridge’s films. 321 William Joseph Kentridge SOUTH AFRICAN 1955- Drawing from Stereoscope signed charcoal and pastel sheet size: 36 by 58cm R180 000–220 000