6th Mar, 2024 18:00
20th Century & Contemporary Art
40
William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)
Women Weeping for a Lampedusa Shipwreck & Marcus Aurelius
paper collage on two Shorter Oxford English Dictionary pages
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: Women Weeping for a Lampedusa Shipwreck: dated and inscribed with a dedication; Marcus Aurelius: inscribed with a dedication in red conté in the margin
Sold for R160,125
Estimated at R60,000 - R80,000
paper collage on two Shorter Oxford English Dictionary pages
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: Women Weeping for a Lampedusa Shipwreck: dated and inscribed with a dedication; Marcus Aurelius: inscribed with a dedication in red conté in the margin
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28 x 21 cm each; framed size: 44 x 59 x 3 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Cape Town.
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS
The two works; Women Weeping for a Lampedusa Shipwreck and Marcus Aurelius form a part of William Kentridge’s 2016 project Triumphs and Laments in Rome.
The Triumphs and Laments project began in 2002 when fellow artist Kristin Jones invited Kentridge to think about doing a project on the walls of the Tiber River in Rome. Starting with the idea of a frieze and some drawings based on Trajan’s column, the project culminated in a monumental, 500m frieze along the 12 meter high walls of the Tiber. The work ran between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini in the heart of Rome, and for Kentridge, it became about the space between the Vatican and the original Jewish ghetto established in the late Renaissance from 1955, lasting until 1870 when the Italian Army conquered Rome.
The work along the Tiber was conceived to fade over time. It no longer exists, but the spirit and impetus of the frieze was captured in a series of drawings, sculptures, tapestries, collage works and prints.
Marcus Aurelius, as seen in the frieze along the Tiber River in Rome.
Women Weeping for a Lampedusa Shipwreck as seen in the frieze along the
Tiber River in Rome
COLLECTIONS:
The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; George Eastman Museum, New York; Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA), Michigan; The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; University of Cape Town and the Zietz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa; Cape Town.
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Auction: 20th Century & Contemporary Art, 6th Mar, 2024
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