A Nicely Built City Never Resists Destruction
1995
Artist, South African, born 1955
Publisher, founded 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Firestone Contemporary Art Fund)
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Dimensions
plate: 29.53 × 37.78 cm (11 5/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
sheet: 42.55 × 64.45 cm (16 3/4 × 25 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3193
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
2006
Krut, David, and Susan Stewart. William Kentridge Prints. Johannesburg, South Africa: David Krut Publishing, 2006, p. 53.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: A NICELY BUILT CITY NEVER RESISTS DESTRUCTION; lower left in graphite: 38/50; lower right in graphite: W Kentridge
Markings
embossed lower left: CC
Wikidata ID
Q77009940