Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 22 72 WILLIAM JOSEPH KENTRIDGE SOUTH AFRICAN 1955– Colour Chart I signed and numbered 3/40 in pencil linocut 140 by 80 cm R150 000 – 180 000 M&C Saatchi Abel regards the role of art as fundamentally important to inspiring, challenging and building creative and original thought. The agency’s contemporary South African and African art is a collection of stories reflecting various ideologies, social commentaries and perspectives. Kentridge’s immense and important bodies of work have been pivotal in establishing global recognition for both South African art and importantly, portraying a distinctly South African narrative. William Kentridge , born in 1955, is a South African artist widely known for his prints, drawings, animations and operas. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Houghton, Johannesburg. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and then a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Johannesburg Art Foundation. In the early 1980’s, he studied mime and theatre at the L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Between 1975 and 1991, he was acting and directing in Johannesburg’s Junction Avenue Theatre Company. Kentridge established his artistic identity in the mid 1980’s with a series of prints and drawings. His work has since explored and combined a range of non-traditional media. He has been the recipient of numerous prizes including the Kyoto Prize (2010). His work has been exhibited widely throughout the world and recently, in 2015 has exhibited in South Africa, Mexico, New York, Rome, Switzerland, Amsterdam, and Beijing, China.