30th Sep, 2021 19:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
85
William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)
Universal Archive Cats, Ref 17; 18; 19 and 20, four
linocut with hand-colouring printed on Shorter Oxford Dictionary pages
Artwork date: 2012
Signature details: signed and numbered H.C. II/III in pencil in the margin
Literature: Tone, L. (2013). William Kentridge: Fortuna. London: Thames and Hudson. Another example from the edition illustrated on pp. 42 and 43.
linocut with hand-colouring printed on Shorter Oxford Dictionary pages
Artwork date: 2012
Signature details: signed and numbered H.C. II/III in pencil in the margin
Literature: Tone, L. (2013). William Kentridge: Fortuna. London: Thames and Hudson. Another example from the edition illustrated on pp. 42 and 43.
(4)
sheet size: 43 x 68 cm each; framed size: 60.5 x 83.5 x 4.5
Provenance:
David Krut Projects, Johannesburg.
Including:
Ref: 17
Ref: 18
Ref: 19
Ref: 20
Notes:
The Universal Archive series began in November 2012 at the David Workshop and consists of a collection of small ink drawings photo-transferred onto linoleum plates and printed on pages of dictionaries and encyclopedias. This unique transferal of gestural detail from hand-drawing to linocut offers a distinctive expansion of the boundaries of drawing. The application of the abstracted gestural form – in this case, the outlined images of cats – realised on top of dictionary pages, makes for a disrupted association of meaning through the two different mediums. The work confronts and questions ideas around knowledge production through its ambiguously gestural manifestation.
One of William Kentridge’s major sources of inspiration for these cats is Cecil Skotnes’ Cat, produced fifty years prior in 1960. In a reflection on his lifelong association with prints and printmaking at a conference held in Cape Town in 2003, Kentridge gave a charming account of the significance of Skotnes’ print of a cat, given to him as a child and which hung in his bedroom. He demonstrated the deep affect of Skotnes’ cat on him by showing several images and clips in which a cat appears in his work. Over many years Kentridge has drawn, sculpted and printed many cats; two spiky steel cats stand as guardians atop his entrance gate and another above his studio door.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 30th Sep, 2021
Aspire Art Auctions brings a significant and insightfully compiled selection of top-quality modern and contemporary art to auction in Cape Town. The sale stars exceptional works by many of South Africa’s big signatures, including, William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Penny Siopis, Edoardo Villa, Sydney Kumalo and J.H Pierneef, amongst others. Also featured is an exciting collection of contemporary artists from elsewhere in Africa – Patrick Bongoy and Zemba Luzamba from the Congo, Moustapha Baïdi Oumarou from Cameroon and Gerald Chukwuma from Nigeria.
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