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The Old Gods Have Retired

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The Old Gods Have Retired
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ArtistSouth African, born 1955
CultureSouth African
Titles
  • The Old Gods Have Retired
Date2022, printed 2023
MediumCollage of photogravure, sugar lift aquatint, direct gravure and drypoint on wove paper, watercolor on found ledger and encyclopedia papers printed chine collé, red colored pencils and aluminum pushpins, edition 16/20
DimensionsSheet: 68 7/8 × 84 5/8 in. (175 × 214.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by contemporary@mfah 2024
Object number2024.544
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition HistoryNone
Published References None Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below image, left bottom edge: 16/20
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: W Kentridge [signed]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: W Kentridge [cursive]
Recto: Chopmark, below image, bottom left corner: DKW
Recto: Chopmark, below image, bottom left corner
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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