Seat of Power, from Ubu in Africa
1997
Artist, South African, born 1957
Publisher, founded 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint, aquatint, and roulette with chine collé on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 49.4 x 34.2 cm (19 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
sheet: 49.4 x 34.2 cm (19 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2005.64.1.9
Associated Artworks
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South Africa - 197? - Interrogator, from Ubu centenaire: Histoire d'un farceur criminel
Robert Hodgins, Caversham Press
1996
Left Luggage, from Ubu in Africa
Deborah Bell, Caversham Press
1997
The Grand Tour, from Ubu in Africa
Deborah Bell, Caversham Press
1997
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Robert Brown Gallery, Arlington, October 5, 2000); purchased by Tom Klarner, Washington, DC, 2001; gift to NGA, 2005.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1997
Doepel, Rory. UBU: ± 101: William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Deborah Bell. Johannesburg, 1997: fig. 36, pages 38-40.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: BELL 14/50; bottom left in plate: SEAT OF POWER; lower center in plate: Throne for King Ubu UBU ROI; lower left in plate: MERDE / MURDER
Watermarks
FABRIANO
Wikidata ID
Q76338191