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Porter Series: Expédition de jeune Cyrus et Retraite des Dix-mille (with Wrought Iron)
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WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)
Porter Series: Expédition de jeune Cyrus et Retraite des Dix-mille (with Wrought Iron)
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated ‘Expedition de Jeune Cyrus Porter Series 2007 Edition 1⁄5 WKentridge’ (on a fabric label sewn to the reverse) and signed again ‘KENTRIDGE’ (on a fabric label affixed to the reverse)
handwoven Mohair tapestry and embroidery
94 1⁄4 x 135 7⁄8in. (240 x 345cm.)
Executed in 2006-2007, this work is number one from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs
Porter Series: Expédition de jeune Cyrus et Retraite des Dix-mille (with Wrought Iron)
signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated ‘Expedition de Jeune Cyrus Porter Series 2007 Edition 1⁄5 WKentridge’ (on a fabric label sewn to the reverse) and signed again ‘KENTRIDGE’ (on a fabric label affixed to the reverse)
handwoven Mohair tapestry and embroidery
94 1⁄4 x 135 7⁄8in. (240 x 345cm.)
Executed in 2006-2007, this work is number one from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
Literature
William Kentridge: Tapestries, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007-2008 (illustrated, p. 115).
Exhibited
Naples, Museo Madre, Per_forming a collection #4, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited).
Special Notice
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