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Underweysung der Messung
[Stereopticon Suite]

Item date(s): 2007

William Kentridge
Randy Hemminghaus - (printed by)

Size: 344 x 570mm
Technique: Stereoscopic photogravures

Place publication: Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: The Brodsky Center at PAFA
Previous reference CMD0692

Additional notes:
There are six prints in the series and a stereoscopic viewer which, when placed over the print, gives a three dimensional view. The prints are framed but not to be hung but rather to be viewed on a flat surface.

See illustrations of the prints and the process in "William Kentridge - Telegrams From The Nose" published by Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia, 2008, pp39-49.

See illustrations of the prints in "William Kentridge - Fragile Identities" edited by Tom Hickey and published by the Faculty of Arts & Architecture, University of Brighton, 2007, pp144 -151.

1. Still Life

2. Melancolia

3. Étant Donnée

4. Cat in the Meat Trade

5. Larder

6. Memento Mori

Reference note:
A portfolio of six photogravures with stereopticon.

Printer: Randy Hemminghaus (American, born 1957)

The title is taken from "Underweysung der Messung, mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt, in Linien, Ebenen unnd gantzen corporen" (English: "Instruction in measurement with compass and ruler, in lines, planes, and whole bodies") which was published in 1525 in Nürnberg.

Including 6 extra sheets from the Kentridge Studio so as to protect the originals.

Ref: GB/30514