Strauss & co - 4 February 2013, Johannesburg

224 561 William Joseph KENTRIDGE SOUTH AFRICAN 1955- General 1993-8 signed engraving on Vélin d’Arches Blanc 300gsm paper, printed by Jack Shirreff and Andrew Smith, 107 Workshop, South West England from an edition of 35 120 by 80cm R280 000 – 380 000 EXHIBITED cf. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Impressions from South Africa 1965 to Now , 23 March - 14 August 2011, where another work from the same edition was exhibited cf. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, William Kentridge: Five Themes , 24 February - 17 May 2010, where another work from the same edition was exhibited LITERATURE cf. William Kentridge Prints , David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg and Grinnell College, Iowa, 2006, pages 48 and 49, where similar works are illustrated cf. Judith B. Hecker, Impressions from South Africa 1965 to Now , The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011, page 43, where another work from the same edition is illustrated Kentridge made General at a time of escalating violence, a year before South Africa’s first democratic election, in which a newly freed Nelson Mandela was elected president. Excerpt from MoMA exhibition label for Impressions from South Africa 1965 to Now , 2011 The vigorous line work here was printed from a rigid polycarbonate sheet the artist incised using an electric engraver. Kentridge made several experimental impressions ... creating vivid coloration uncharacteristic of his work overall. Excerpt from MoMA exhibition label for William Kentridge: Five Themes , 2010 http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3A AD%3AE%3A7919&page_number=12&template_id=1&sort_order=1