Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 85,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

This is How the Tree Breaks by William Kentridge — VisualArtsDB

Home
This is How the Tree Breaks

This is How the Tree Breaks

This is How the Tree Breaks

William Kentridge

1999

Medium: Etching, aquatint and crayon on printed paper
Dimensions: image: 219 x 286 mm
Museum: Tate

More by William Kentridge

Staying Home

Staying Home

William Kentridge, 1999

Act IV, Scene 1, from UBU Tells the Truth

Act IV, Scene 1, from UBU Tells the Truth

William Kentridge, 1996

Act III, Scene 9, from Ubu Tells the Truth

Act III, Scene 9, from Ubu Tells the Truth

William Kentridge, 1996

Sleeper Red

Sleeper Red

William Kentridge, 1997

Safer Tropics

Safer Tropics

William Kentridge, 1999

Act V, Scene 4, from Ubu Tells the Truth

Act V, Scene 4, from Ubu Tells the Truth

William Kentridge, 1996

Universal Archive (Ref. 23)

Universal Archive (Ref. 23)

William Kentridge, 2012

Eight Figures

Eight Figures

William Kentridge, 2010

Zeno at 4 a.m.

Zeno at 4 a.m.

William Kentridge, 2001

Portage

Portage

William Kentridge, 2000

Panic/Picnic

Panic/Picnic

William Kentridge, 1999

Cambio

Cambio

William Kentridge, 1999