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82 254 William Kentridge SOUTH AFRICAN 1955– Dada Picnic (Double) 2019 signed and numbered AP 6/6; inscribed with the title in the plate sugarlift aquatint with drypoint etching 47,5 by 96 cm R80 000 – 120 000 ITEM NOTES The proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit Lefika La Phodiso Community Art Counselling and Training Institute. ‘The project began just before Christmas 2017. William Kentridge drew the sugar lift image onto a copper plate and then the plate was etched and printed by Pontsho Sikhosana onto 120gms Phumani hand-made sisal and hemp paper. Thereafter, the artist re-painted the sugar-lift, dry-pointed and scraped away at the copper plate while Kim Berman proofed and etched four more layers of aquatint etching until Kentridge was satisfied with the richness of tonality and complexity of the print. The two plates consist of single processions of key moments by Dada characters (Picabia, Arp and Ernst) and office characters including a portrait of the artist’s embossing stamp or ‘chop’that sits on one of his work tables in the studio. On completion, the artist numbered and signed each print in pencil. The Artist Proof Studio chop appears on the right hand corner of the Arches paper. Four Artist’s Proofs have been donated by APS and William Kentridge to Lefika La Phodiso. Source: https://artistproofstudio.co.za/blogs/news/creation- of-dada-picnic An Artist Proof Studio Print Documentation Sheet accompanies the lot. 255 William Kentridge SOUTH AFRICAN 1955– Dancing Couple signed and numbered Ev 13/16 in pencil in the margin linocut with ink wash 86 by 120 cm R150 000 – 250 000