Muizenberg 1933

* imp. 2019 indicates that this impression was created 2019, while the image was created (carved) in 1975

Upon contemplation of the collaborative relationship between Kentridge and David Krut, as well as Kentridge’s substantial contribution to printmaking, the David Krut Workshop has revisited two linoleum plates from 1975, some of the first that Kentridge carved after high school, when the extent of the facilities available to him was limited to “lino, cartridge paper and the back of a spoon”. Prior to 2010, they were some of the only examples of linocut work by the artist. Kentridge returned to the medium with great gusto in 2010, beginning with a series of small works depicting various images relating to projects he was working on at the time. This series included his first abstract work, titled Splash, and paved the way for the major linocut series, Universal Archive, which was created in collaboration with the David Krut Workshop over a number of years, beginning in 2011

 

The linocut plates from 1975 have been in storage at the DKW workshop for some time. Fortunately linoleum sheets do not degenerate over time, as is the case with copper plates. Perhaps as a tribute to the longevity of lino plates, to the linocut as a truly democratic medium of political significance in South African art history, and very much as an appreciation of long-term collaborations, Kentridge suggested that the workshop edition each of the plates.

 

In Muizenberg 1933, the man in the deck chair dressed in a three-piece suit is based on a photograph of Morris Kentridge, the artist’s paternal grandfather. One of Kentridge’s most famous characters, Soho Eckstein, derived his outfit from this same photograph.

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Muizenberg 1933

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10

Sheet Height:
39 cm

Sheet Width:
44.5 cm

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Unframed

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