A powerful and haunting intaglio print by South African artist William Kentridge, this work belongs to his series responding to the absurdist theatre of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, recontextualized as a searing indictment of apartheid-era violence and state brutality. Kentridge employs the rich, velvety tones of aquatint combined with the precise marks of etching and drypoint to conjure his characteristically expressive visual language, where shadowy figures and fragmented imagery evoke themes of memory, trauma, and political oppression. Printed on the warm, textured surface of Fabriano Rosapina paper with full margins intact, the work exemplifies Kentridge's masterful command of printmaking as a medium for bearing witness to historical injustice.