
Sleeping on Glass
William Kentridge's ambitious six-part series of etchings and aquatints with hand-coloring elements, uniquely presented on spreads from found books with Chine-collé mounting. The work demonstrates Kentridge's innovative mixed-media approach to printmaking.
- Medium
- The complete set of six etchings and aquatint in colours, one with hand-colouring, on spreads from found books with Chine-collé to Fabriano Rosapina paper, with full margins.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
June 7, 2018
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Artists in conversation

Kara Walker
American · b. 1969

Walker works with printmaking and mixed media techniques to explore complex historical and political narratives, often incorporating found materials and text into her compositions in ways that parallel Kentridge's use of found book pages as a conceptual substrate.

Anselm Kiefer
German · b. 1945

Kiefer shares Kentridge's commitment to layered mixed media works that incorporate found materials, text, and book imagery to create densely conceptual pieces that interrogate memory, history, and identity through richly textured surfaces.

Paula Rego
Portuguese · b. 1935

Rego's etching and aquatint series demonstrate a similarly expressive and politically charged approach to printmaking, with hand worked surfaces and narrative depth that echo Kentridge's layered conceptual storytelling within the print medium.


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