Portage

2000

William Kentridge

Associated Names
William Kentridge

Artist, South African, born 1955

The Artists' Press

Printer

The artwork "Portage" features a series of black silhouettes against a background of cream-colored, accordion-folded pages. The forms resemble a variety of human figures. The silhouettes are arranged in a continuous line across the pages.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    accordion-folded, illustrated book with torn black paper on encyclopedia pages taken from a c. 1900 "Le Nouveau Larousse Illustré," mounted on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee, Sylvia K. Greenberg, and Cathryn Dickert Scoville

  • Dimensions

    closed: 27.46 × 23.5 cm (10 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
    open: 27.46 × 423.07 cm (10 13/16 × 166 9/16 in.)
    accessory size: 28.58 × 24.77 × 2.54 cm (11 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.67.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC); purchased by NGA, 2014

Associated Names

Bibliography

2006

  • Krut, David, and Susan Stewart. William Kentridge Prints. Johannesburg, South Africa: David Krut Publishing, 2006, pp. 90-95.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: 21/33 W Kentridge

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