Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

625 William Joseph KENTRIDGE SOUTH AFRICAN 1 955- Sleeper Red signed and numbered HC 1/2 in white conte etching, aquatint and drypoint, from 2 copper plates, on Velin d’Arches Blanc 300 gsm paper sheet size: 97 by 193cm R800 000–1 200 000 LITERATURE cf. Bronwyn Law-Viljoen. (2006) William Kentridge Prints , Johannesburg: David Krut Publishers, a comparative discussion about the Sleeper Series on page 66. Another example from the edition illustrated in colour on pages 68 and 69. charcoal-impregnated silk rope, invited children and cats to walk over it, spattered it freely with pigment. The Sleeper prints used a range of materials and objects placed in soft ground to try to effect the same damage upon the paper.” (Law-Viljoen, 2006:66) Edition of 50, only 30 numbered editions were completed. Printed by Jack Shirreff and Andrew Smith, 107 Workshop. Published by David Krut Fine Art, London. 311