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Artists›William Kentridge

William Kentridge

1955

Johannesburg, South Africa

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None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

166

Works in Collection

317

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

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Artworks (166)

Surveying His Escape

2021 · Print

Victoria and Albert Museum

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NO, IT IS

2012 · Three-channel high-definition video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Nose 7 from Nose

2008 · Aquatint and engraving from a series of thirty prints

plate: 5 13/16 x 7 3/4" (14.8 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 15 3/4" (35 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nose 12 from Nose

2008 · Aquatint, drypoint, and engraving from a series of thirty prints

plate: 5 13/16 x 7 13/16" (14.7 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 15 3/4" (35 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nose 11 from Nose

2008 · Aquatint, drypoint, and engraving from a series of thirty prints

plate: 5 13/16 x 7 13/16" (14.7 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 15 3/4" (35 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nose 13 from Nose

2008 · Aquatint, drypoint, and engraving from a series of thirty prints

plate: 5 13/16 x 7 13/16" (14.8 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 15 3/4" (35 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Magic Flute: Dove, state III

2007 · One from a series of ten carborundum prints and drypoints

plate: 7 11/16 x 9 3/4" (19.5 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 16 7/8" (38.2 x 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Magic Flute: Dove, state VIII

2007 · One from a series of ten carborundum prints and drypoints

plate: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4" (19.7 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/16 x 16 13/16" (38.5 x 42.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Museum Folkwang, Essen, William Kentridge exh. 2025 5

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Museum Folkwang, Essen, William Kentridge exh. 2025 4

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Museum Folkwang, Essen, William Kentridge exh. 2025 3

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Museum Folkwang, Essen, William Kentridge exh. 2025 1

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William Kentridge, Experiências do Mundo Experiences of the World, CCB, Lisboa 08

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In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Victoria and Albert Museum

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Tate

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Christie's

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Education

University of the Witwatersrand

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L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq

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