Template for Puppet Drawing

William Kentridge South African

2000

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Title: Template for Puppet Drawing
Artist: William Kentridge (South African, born Johannesburg, 1955)
Date: 2000
Medium: Blue marker on tracing paper
Dimensions: 13 1/8 × 18 1/8 in. (33.3 × 46 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Alexander M. Bing, by exchange, 2001
Object Number: 2001.314.2
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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