
Preparing the Flute (Panoramic IV Clouds)
2005
Charcoal and Pastel on Paper
60 x 316 cm
MF kent.draw.002
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Temple Stage Sets)
2004
Charcoal, Chalk and Collage on black paper
kent.draw.013
Drawing for the Magic Flute (Clouds and Curtains)
2004
Pastel on black paper
120 x 160 cm
Edition of 1
3 kent.draw.084
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Dark Burst)
2004
Charcoal on paper
80 x 120 cm
kent.draw.139
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Water with Reeds)
2003
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.105
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Boulder)
2003
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.104
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Jungle)
2003
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.091
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Arc of Scenes)
2003
Charcoal on paper
119.3 x 136.8 cm
7 kent_flute_D_050
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Birds on Poles)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
kent.draw.003
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Trilithons and Temple)
2004
Charcoal and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.004
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Forest)
2004
Charcoal and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.005
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Three Stage Panels)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
10 kent_flute_D_046
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Dot Abstract)
2004
Charcoal and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.010
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Two Stage Panels)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.011
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Latopolis)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.012
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.006
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Globe)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.019
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Spheres)
2004
Charcoal and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.021
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Natur)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.022
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Small Temple I)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.023
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Small Temple III)
2004
Charcoal on paper
14b kent.draw.027
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Stage and Obelisk)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.029
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Rhino on Stage)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel, Coloured pencil and Collage on paper
83 x 133.5 cm
15 kent.draw.032
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Indian Rhino)
2004
Charcoal and Coloured pencil on paper
16 kent.draw.037
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Stage and Water)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.038
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Four Wall Panels)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
kent.draw.039
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Landscape with Faded Spoons)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.040
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Birds in Cage)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.042
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Corridor - Curtain Background)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
12b kent.draw.044
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Temples)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
14a kent.draw.006
Drawing for The Magic Flute (No. 9)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
8b kent.draw.071
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Temple on Rocks)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel, Poster paint, Coloured pencil and Collage on paper
17b kent.draw.050
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Falcon and Telescope)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
MF kent.draw.058
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Eye)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.060
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Two Obelisks)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
kent.draw.075
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Ladders)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
kent.draw.076
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Figures on Stage)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel, Coloured pencil and Collage on paper
kent.draw.078
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Tondo with Birdcage)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
9 kent_momak_B_021
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Tondo with Birds)
2004
Charcoal and Coloured pencil on paper
121.9 x 121.9 cm
21a kent.draw.129
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Closed Curtain)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
100 x 130 cm
22 kent.draw.131
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Four Staircases)
2004
Charcoal, Pastel and Coloured pencil on paper
kent.draw.074
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Clamshell)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.065
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Bird and Abstract)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.127
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Temple with Radiating Lines)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.134
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Two Rhino)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.137
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Collapsed Columns)
2004
Charcoal on paper
kent.draw.133
Drawing for Preparing the Flute
2006
Charcoal, Pencil and Collage on paper
117 cm (Diameter)
20 PTF Tondo WK_10791
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2003
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.099
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2003
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.096
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2003-04-05
Charcoal, pastel and colored pencil on paper
80.5 x 120 cm
MF kent.draw.098
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2003
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.094
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2003
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.092
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Obelisk and Gate)
2004
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
MF kent.draw.070
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.001
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.007
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.009
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.026
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.043
Drawing for The Magic Flute
2004
Charcoal on paper
MF kent.draw.053
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Obelisk in Ruin)
2003
Charcoal and Pastel on paper
18 kent.draw.103
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Bird in Cage)
2004
Chalk and Poster paint on paper
19a kent.draw.141crop
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Abstract)
2004
Chalk on black paper
19b kent.draw.142Crop
Drawing for The Magic Flute (Circle of Scenes)
2003
Charcoal on paper
116.2 cm (Diameter)
21b kent.draw.130
Preparing the Flute
2004
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings (charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on paper)
21 min 6 sec
Edition of 3
kent_flute_A_007
Preparing the Flute
2004
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings (charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on paper)
21 min 6 sec
Edition of 3
kent_flute_A_008
Preparing the Flute
2004
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings (charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on paper)
21 min 6 sec
Edition of 3
kent_flute_A_009
Preparing the Flute
2004
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings (charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on paper)
21 min 6 sec
Edition of 3
kent_flute_A_010
Preparing the Flute
2004
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings (charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on paper)
21 min 6 sec
Edition of 3
kent_flute_A_011
Preparing the Flute
2004
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings (charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on paper)
21 min 6 sec
Edition of 3
Preparing the Flute 1
The Magic Flute, 2005
Opera in two acts, 2 hours 45 minutes
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
Director: William Kentridge
Premiere: Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, 26 April 2005
Photo courtesy of La Monnaie, Brussels
Magic Flute Performance
Black Box/Chambre Noire
2005
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, model theater with drawings (charcoal, pastel, collage, and coloured pencil on paper) and mechanical puppets
kent.blk box.IV025
Black Box/Chambre Noire
2005
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, model theater with drawings (charcoal, pastel, collage, and coloured pencil on paper) and mechanical puppets
kent.blk box.IV035
Black Box/Chambre Noire
2005
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, model theater with drawings (charcoal, pastel, collage, and coloured pencil on paper) and mechanical puppets
kent.blk box.IV044
Black Box/Chambre Noire
2005
Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, model theater with drawings (charcoal, pastel, collage, and coloured pencil on paper) and mechanical puppets
kent.blk box.IV048
Dove - State I
2006
Drypoint and Carborundum on Somerset Velvet, Soft White 300
38.6 x 43 cm
Edition of 1
kent_flute_C_049
Dove - State VII
2006
Drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White 300
38.6 x 43 cm
Edition of 15
kent_flute_C_050
Dove - State X
2007
Drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White 300
38.6 x 43 cm
Edition of 15
kent_flute_C_002
Flute: Untitled IV
2007
Drypoint and Engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White 300
26 x 26 cm
Edition of
5c kent_flute_C_016
Dove - State VIII
2006
Drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White 300
38.6 x 43 cm
Edition of 15
kent_flute_C_051
Man and Dove - Bird Catching
2006
Drypoint, Carborundum and Open bite on Somerset Velvet, Soft White 300
77.5 x 55.5 cm
Edition of
kent_flute_C_052
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Falcon and Dove
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
34 x 39 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_030
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Light to Lens
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
19.5 x 24.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_032
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Papageno
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
21 x 26.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_033
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, The Orbit
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
34.5 x 36.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_034
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, The Moon
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
19.3 x 24.2 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_035
Bird Catching (2. Abstract)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3b kent_flute_C_004
Learning the Flute
2003
Letterpress on spreads from Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1950) and attached to backing sheet
281.6 x 354.6 cm
Edition of 20
2 kent_flute_C_043
Horus
2006
Drypoint, Coloured pencil and Hand-painting on paper
28.9 x 33 cm
Edition of 45
6 kent_flute_C_044
Bird Catching (3. Man with Bird on Head)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3c kent_flute_C_005
Bird Catching (1. Dancing Man)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3a kent_flute_C_003
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0008
Bird Catching (4. Selection of Birds)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
4 kent_flute_C_006
Bird Catching (5. Many birds)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3d kent_flute_C_007
Bird Catching (6. Man Balancing 2 Birds While a Third Looks on)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3e kent_flute_C_008
Bird Catching (8. Man Being Carried Off by Bird)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3f kent_flute_C_009
Bird Catching (10. Man and Fragments)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3g kent_flute_C_010
Bird Catching (11. Cat Head and Birds on Wire)
2006
Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
47 x 47 cm
Edition of 18
3h kent_flute_C_011
Three Rhinos, Fig. 2 Dunce
2005
Drypoint and Pastel on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
28.5 x 32.5 cm
Edition of 45
8b kent_flute_C_047
Three Rhinos, Fig. 3
2005
Drypoint and Pastel on Hahnemühle Copperplate, Warm White 300
28.5 x 32.5 cm
Edition of 45
8a kent_flute_C_046
Three Rhinos, Fig. 1 Crowd Pleaser
2005
Drypoint and Pastel on Hahnemühle, Warm White 300
28.5 x 32.5 cm
Edition of 45
8c kent_flute_C_048
Camera Horus
2006
Drypoint, Coloured pencil and Hand-painting on paper
28.5 x 33 cm
Edition of 45
7 kent_flute_C_045
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0001
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Wild Beasts
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
19.5 x 24.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_031
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0002
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Sarastro School of Athens
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
19.5 x 24.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_037
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0003
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Cockney Rhyming Slang
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
19.5 x 24.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_036
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0004
Thinking Aloud, Small Thoughts, Stage Set with Serpent
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
19.5 x 24.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_038
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0006
Thinking Aloud, Eye to Light
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
39.5 x 49.5 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_039
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0007
Thinking Aloud, Critique of Light
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
39 x 49 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_040
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0009
Wittgenstein's Rhinoceros
2007
Lithograph and Hand-painting on Munken on Crane's Crest on BFK Rives, White 400
160 x 122 cm
Edition of 35
kent_flute_C_001
Bird Catching
2006
Ink wash on watercolour paper
99 x 99 cm
kent_birdcatcher_watercolour0005
Learning the Flute (Reverse)
2004
Photolithograph on Arches, White Johannot 240
281.6 x 354.6 cm
Edition of 18
1 kent_flute_C_042
Flute Portfolio: Constellation
2007
Aquatint and drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300 gsm
26 x 26 cm
Edition of
5d kent_flute_C_017
Flute Portfolio: Figure
2007
Drypoint, Carborundum and Open bite on Somerset Velvet, Soft White
26 x 26 cm
Edition of
5a kent_flute_C_014
Thinking Aloud, Trio
2004
Drypoint on Hahnemühle, Warm White
40 x 50 cm
Edition of 20
kent_flute_C_041