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WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)
Porter Series: Egypte
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated 'Porter Series: Egypte. Edition STUDIO Copy 1/1 2012 W Kentridge' (on a fabric label sewn to the reverse); stitched 'KENTRIDGE' (on a fabric label affixed to the reverse)
handwoven Mohair tapestry
93 3/8 x 134 5/8in. (250 x 342cm.)
Executed in 2012, this work is a studio copy from an edition of three plus two artist’s proofs and a studio copy
Provenance
Stephens Tapestry Studio, Johannesburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2020.
Literature
J. L. Koerner, ‘William Kentridge: Tapestries – A Collaboration with Stephens Tapestry Studio’ in African Arts, Vol. 49, No. 1, Spring 2016, p. 86 (installation view from the Wits Art Museum illustrated in colour, p. 86).
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, William Kentridge Tapestries, 2007-2008, p. 113, no. 20 (maquette illustrated in colour, p. 31; another from the edition exhibited illustrated in colour, p. 71).
Johannesburg, Wits Art Museum, William Kentridge Tapestries - A Collaboration with Stephens Tapestry Studio, 2014-2015 (another from the edition exhibited).
Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges, Smoke, Ashes, Fable: William Kentridge in Bruges, 2017 (illustrated in colour pp. 141, 214).
Special Notice
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