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KABOOM!

Artist William Kentridge South African, born 1955
Date2018
MediumThree channel HD film installation: model stage, paper props, found objects, and three mini-projectors with stands
Dimensions(Stage): 40 3/4 × 196 1/4 × 40 3/8 in. (103.5 × 498.5 × 102.6 cm)
(Installed Stage): 75 1/4 × 196 1/4 × 40 3/8 in. (191.1 × 498.5 × 102.6 cm)
(Projector): 76 × 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (193 × 34.9 × 34.9 cm)
ClassificationsTime Based Media
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number2020.8/a-mm
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated South Africa, 2018; collection of the artist; [Goodman Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg]; sold to NCMA, 2020.
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