William Kentridge - Three Russian Figures (Man with Globe)
William Kentridge
South African 1955-
Three Russian Figures (Man with Globe)
2008
signed with the artist's initials and numbered 17/20
bronze with a black patina
height: 25,5cm; width: 23,5cm; depth: 21cm
Exhibited
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, (Repeat) From the Beginning, 12 December 2008 to 17 January 2009, another example from the edition exhibited.
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, Breathe, Resolve, Return, 11 September to 16 October 2010, another example from the edition exhibited.
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, William Kentridge: The Nose, 6 July to 14 August 2010, another example from the edition exhibited.
Provenance
Estate Late Jeremy Rose.
It is as if Kentridge wants to show that the world would not exist without emotion, and that emotion cannot be shown – let alone conveyed – without movement. There has always been a debate about what comes first: emotion or movement? Many of us tend, intuitively, to think that it is emotion. For the great philosopher and psychologist William James, it was movement. He insistently pointed out that there would be no emotion without some form of movement. It is on this, I think, that much of Kentridge’s art seems to depend.
– David Freedberg
(2020) 'Seven Keys to Kentridge', in William Kentridge: Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture, Cape Town: Norval Foundation, page 44.
Literature
David Freedberg (2020) 'Seven Keys to Kentridge', in William Kentridge: Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture, Cape Town: Norval Foundation, another cast from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 301.
William Kentridge
South African 1955-
Three Russian Figures (Man with Globe)
2008
signed with the artist's initials and numbered 17/20
bronze with a black patina
height: 25,5cm; width: 23,5cm; depth: 21cm
Exhibited
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, (Repeat) From the Beginning, 12 December 2008 to 17 January 2009, another example from the edition exhibited.
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, Breathe, Resolve, Return, 11 September to 16 October 2010, another example from the edition exhibited.
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, William Kentridge: The Nose, 6 July to 14 August 2010, another example from the edition exhibited.
Provenance
Estate Late Jeremy Rose.
It is as if Kentridge wants to show that the world would not exist without emotion, and that emotion cannot be shown – let alone conveyed – without movement. There has always been a debate about what comes first: emotion or movement? Many of us tend, intuitively, to think that it is emotion. For the great philosopher and psychologist William James, it was movement. He insistently pointed out that there would be no emotion without some form of movement. It is on this, I think, that much of Kentridge’s art seems to depend.
– David Freedberg
(2020) 'Seven Keys to Kentridge', in William Kentridge: Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture, Cape Town: Norval Foundation, page 44.
Literature
David Freedberg (2020) 'Seven Keys to Kentridge', in William Kentridge: Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture, Cape Town: Norval Foundation, another cast from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 301.
