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William Kentridge

Drawing for 'Lulu'

Lot closes

October 8, 03:51 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Starting Bid

14,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

William Kentridge

b. 1955

Drawing for 'Lulu'

Indian ink, charcoal and Tipp-Ex on Shorter Oxford Dictionary pages

signed (lower right)

19 by 14 in.

48.3 by 35.6 cm.

Executed in 2015.

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, William Kentridge: Drawings for 'Lulu,' November - December 2015

"If the Metropolitan Opera decided to concentrate its entire mission into a single night, that show might look a lot William Kentridge’s production of Lulu. Berg’s 80-year-old opera is both a classic melodrama in need of tender care and a scary war cry of the avant-garde. Ghoulish drama and rich music come laced together, repackaged by a major visual artist with a natural feel for theater." (Justin Davidson in: "Opera Review: The Met Gets It All Right in William Kentridge’s Lulu," Vulture, November 2015, online)