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Universal Archive

2012

William Kentridge

Artist, South African, born 1955

David Krut Projects

Publisher

David Krut Workshop

Printer

Medium

linocut printed on Shorter Oxford English Dictionary mounted to wove Arches paper
Credit Line

Gift of John P. Cahill
Dimensions

sheet: 36.83 × 45.09 cm (14 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)
Accession

2021.118.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara Krakow Gallery (now the Krakow/Witkin Gallery), Boston; purchased by John Cahill, Washington, 2015; gift to NGA, 2021

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"WKentridge" lower right margin, graphite. "14/15" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

"DKW" lower left margin, embossed.

Watermarks

None.