Untitled
William KENTRIDGE: artist
While this drawing is Untitled, its subject is quite clearly the four figures that were to become Shadow quartet. The artist has drawn the figures in silhouette, as shadows, in a landscape. The landscape is reminiscent of scenes from his earlier ‘Drawings for projections’ films also in the State Art Collection. This series of films produced from 1989 to 1996 were made by filming drawings similar to this one, a technique he described as Stone Age animation. This drawing was produced while Kentridge was making the plywood, clay and plaster figures that were cast in bronze for Shadow quartet.
Title
Untitled
Artist/Maker and role
William KENTRIDGE: artist
Date
2003
Medium
charcoal and pastel on paper
Measurements
150 x 213 cm (sheet/image)
164 x 222.7 cm (frame)
164 x 222.7 cm (frame)
Credit line
Purchased and partial Gift of AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited, 2004
© William Kentridge 2003
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2004/0002