
Circle, cone, cube
2010
Three large-scale panels of charcoal and pastel drawn over the printed pages of newspaper form a striking triptych that merges geometric abstraction with Kentridge's signature layered mark-making. The bold elemental forms — a circle, cone, and cube — emerge from the dense texture of newsprint, their smudged, reworked surfaces revealing the artist's process of addition and erasure. The use of newspaper grounds the work in the everyday world of language and current events, creating a tension between the timeless purity of geometric form and the ephemeral, politically charged nature of the printed word.
- Medium
- charcoal and pastel on newspaper, triptych
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 17, 2017
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