William Kentridge (born in 1955, South Africa)
Drawing from Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris (Soho Eating),1989
Charcoal and pastel on paper
110 x 130 cm
Provenance : Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.
Expositions :
-Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, William Kentridge, 28 February to 13 May 2001 after which the exhibition also travelled to New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 3 June to 16 September 2001; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 20 October to 20 January 2001; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, 1 March to 5 May 2002; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 21 July to 6 October 2002; and the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 7 December 2002 to 23 March 2003.
-Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, William Kentridge, 15 May to 23 August 1998, after which the exhibition also travelled to Kunstverein Munchen, Munich, 28 August to 11 October, 1998; Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 5 November 1998 to 15 January 1999.
-Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Drawings for Projection - Four Animated Films, 21 February to 14 March 1992.
Bibliography :
-Kentridge, M. (2015). The Soho Chronicles: 10 Films by William Kentridge. London, New York, Calcutta: Seagull Books, pp.121-144, illustrated on p.16.
-Benezra, N., Boris, S. & Cameron, D. (2001). William Kentridge. New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, illustrated on p.87 where it is titled Drawing for the film Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris, 1989, cat. No. 14.
-Cameron, D., Christov-Bakargiev, C. & Coetzee, J.M. (1999). William Kentridge. London: Phaidon Press Limited, illustrated on p.52.
-Christov-Bakargiev, C. (1998). William Kentridge. Brussels: Societe des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles, pp.42-49, illustrated on p.45 where it is titled Drawing from Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris.
-Godby, M. (1992). William Kentridge: Drawings for Projection ? Four Animated Films. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery.