Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006
Exhibited
New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, William Kentridge: The Magic Flute: Drawings and Projections, 19 January–25 February 2006
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, William Kentridge: That Which We Do Not Remember, 8 September 2018–8 September 2019, pp. 94, 150 (illustrated, pp. 95, 97)

Property of a Distinguished Private Collection

149

William Kentridge

Drawing from 'Preparing the Flute' (Stage with Black Curtain)

signed 'KENTRIDGE' lower right
pastel, charcoal and paper collage on paper
80.6 x 113 cm (31 3/4 x 44 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2005.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠

Sold for £53,340

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025

101
Oliver Bak
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Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
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102
Lenz Geerk
Crying, Spitting, Sweating XI
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
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103
Joseph Yaeger
Beyond beyond beyond
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
104
Pam Evelyn
Crowd
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
105
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (I said go)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
106
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (But Always The)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
107
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
108
William Monk
A Fool Through the Cloud
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠†
Sold for £63,500
109
Katherine Bradford
Under the Saturn Sky
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £50,800
110
Jennifer J Lee
Car Engine
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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111
Kaari Upson
168
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £88,900
112
Xiyao Wang
On the way to Penglai Island no. 2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
113
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £63,500
114
Oscar Murillo
untitled (news), 2017-2018
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £152,400
115
Antony Gormley
BELT 1 (MEME) III
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £127,000
116
Rebecca Warren
Totem (b.)
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Sold for £57,150
117
Tracey Emin
I Just kept going
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Sold for £44,450
118
David Hockney
Kasmino in Milano
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
119
George Condo
Untitled
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120No Reserve
Joe Bradley
Untitled
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121
KAWS
UNTITLED
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122
KAWS
UNTITLED (MBFM7)
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123
A.R. Penck
Sehnsucht (Longing)
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124
Neo Rauch
Die Leiter
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125
Franz West
Cool Book
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126
Andreas Gursky
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127
Thomas Schütte
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128
Georg Baselitz
5 Köpfe
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129
Thomas Struth
Pergamon Museum III, Berlin
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130
A.R. Penck
Standart auf Kreuzsockel
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131
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies
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132
Anselm Kiefer
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133
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
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134
This lot is no longer available.
135
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,550
136
Masaaki Yamada
Work C.243
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
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137
Ugo Rondinone
The twenty-third hour of the poem
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138
Mike Kelley
Unwashed Abstraction Nr. 2
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
139
This lot is no longer available.
140
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Chinese Horse III (Standing)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
141
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Seated Man II
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡♠
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142
This lot is no longer available.
143
Jean Dubuffet
Donnée
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠
144
Chico da Silva
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £9,525
145
Carla Accardi
Senza Titolo
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
146
Antoni Tàpies
En Forma de Cama (In the Form of a Leg)
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £152,400
147
Salvador Dalí
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £58,420
148
William Kentridge
Drawing from 'Woyzeck on the Highweld'
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
149
William Kentridge
Drawing from 'Preparing the Flute' (Stage with Black Curtain)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
150
Gilbert & George
DUSTY CORNERS NO. 4
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
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151
This lot is no longer available.
152
David Salle
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Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 †
Sold for £88,900
153
John Baldessari
Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two): (Blue) Face with Nose and Tangled Rope
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
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154
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting, Arm on Knee (Gray)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £88,900
155
Andy Warhol
Male Seated on Ledge
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
156
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, ‘Sixteen Jackies’, 1964
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £41,910
157
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol "Electric Chair", 1963
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
158
Rodney Graham
Cactus Fan
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
159
Brent Wadden
Tangerine Grey (Double Face)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £33,020
160
Richard Hamilton
Untitled (alternative image for 'The Shock of the New' poster)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
Robyn Denny
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
163
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Tribute IV
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
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164
William Turnbull
Arrowhead Torso
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω♠
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165
William Turnbull
Tragic Mask
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 Ω♠
Sold for £10,160
166
William Turnbull
Mask I
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 Ω♠
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167
Tracey Emin
Meet Me in Heaven I Will Wait For You
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
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168
Cerith Wyn Evans
Column (Assemblages) V
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
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169No Reserve
Mona Hatoum
Untitled (Baalbeck Birdcage)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 •‡♠
Sold for £15,240
170
Gilbert & George
FOURNIER SNOW
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
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171
Mona Hatoum
3-D Cities
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
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172
Damien Hirst
Tridodecylamine
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
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173
Damien Hirst
Typhoid
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £60,960
174
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting (Nested)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
175
This lot is no longer available.
176
Banksy
Met Ball
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
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177
Abraham Cruzvillegas
A Weak Blind Date
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
178
Thomas Demand
Laboratory (Labor)
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Sold for £25,400
179
Louise Lawler
Black and White and Blue
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
180
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Puits Monceau Fontaine No. 14, Charleroi, Belgien
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
181
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Lavoro - Rotoli di passacavi
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
182
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
183
Mario Schifano
Senza titolo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
184
Giuseppe Penone
Verde del bosco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
185
Gilberto Zorio
Stella
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
186
Niele Toroni
Empreintes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
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187
Kim Tschang-Yeul
Waterdrops
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
188
On Kawara
I Got Up
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
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189
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
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190
Ross Bleckner
There are so many
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
191
John Baldessari
Double Bill (Part 2)… and De Chirico
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192
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
193
Glenn Ligon
Silver Self-Portrait
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
194
Tom Sachs
Chill Out Japan or be Nuked Again
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £38,100
195
Takashi Murakami
Murakami.Flower #6463 Meander
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £63,500
196
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
197
Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
198
Manolo Valdés
Ribera como pretexto
Estimate £110,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £127,000
199
Rainer Fetting
Im Boot
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
200
Gerrit Benner
Untitled (Ruiters)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
201
André Derain
Village d’Espagne
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
202
Marcel Broodthaers
Le Corbeau et le Renard
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
203
William Kentridge
Second-hand Reading
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £158,750
204
Marcel Broodthaers
Model: The Pipe (Modèle: La Pipe)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
205
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe – Modèle: La pipe
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
206
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe - ABCDEF
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,540
207
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
208
Jonas Burgert
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
209
Angela Heisch
Rolled Up Hills
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,334
210
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,860
211
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
212
Umar Rashid
Tennyson 2nd Movement (Le Morte D'Arthur) Noah defeats Wilander on Mars
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,700
213
Mehdi Ghadyanloo
Inside of Doubt
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
214
Alejandro Cardenas
Stage Collapse
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
215
Sayre Gomez
Precious Moments
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
216
Maria Yelletisch
Mar de otoño
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
217
Matthias Weischer
Two works: Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
218
George Shaw
So We Came To Jazz It Up
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
219
Cristof Yvoré
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
220
William Mackinnon
When the roads turn into rivers
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
221
Thierry Noir
I am too busy to be impressed by this long straight street
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025

Provenance

Exhibited

149

William Kentridge

Drawing from 'Preparing the Flute' (Stage with Black Curtain)

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale