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What Will Come
2007
William Kentridge
born 1955
South african
Unknown
Cold rolled steel, digibeta tape transferred to dvd, and mirrored cylinder
Overall (Table): 31 × 48 inches (78.7 × 121.9 cm) Overall (Cylinder): 11 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (29.2 × 16.5 cm) Overall (DVD): 4 × 4 inches (10.2 × 10.2 cm) Duration: 8 minutes, 40 seconds
Film and Video
Contemporary Art after 1950
Museum Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Acquisition Fund, Gilbert and Lila Silverman, Mark and Molly Valade, and Janis and William Wetsman Foundation Fund; and gift of Clan Crawford, Jr. by exchange
2008.16
Courtesy of William Kentridge and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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Courtesy of William Kentridge and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
William Kentridge, What Will Come, 2007, cold rolled steel, digibeta tape transferred to DVD, and mirrored cylinder. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Acquisition Fund, Gilbert and Lila Silverman, et al., 2008.16.
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