Reading Chambers (encyclopedia)

Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered 3 times between 2022 and 2025 · sold 2 · bought in / unsold 1

Catalogue details differ between appearances (dimensions, medium description). Houses often re-measure, translate or re-catalogue a work; compare the entries below.

1. 

   Jul 25, 2022 · Strauss & Co this result

   William Kentridge: In Print, lot 17

   Sold ZAR 37,520Sign up to see · est. ZAR 30,000 – ZAR 50,000

   As catalogued

   William Kentridge, “Reading Chambers (encyclopedia)”

   chine collé on found paper

   image size: 26 by 37cm; 51,5 by 60 by 4cm including frame

2. 

   Feb 10, 2025 · Strauss & Co

   February ART, lot 71

   Bought in / unsold · est. ZAR 50,000 – ZAR 70,000

   As catalogued

   William Kentridge, “Reading Chambers (Encyclopedia)”

   chine collé on paper

   image size: 26,5 by 37cm; 55 by 62,5 by 3cm including frame

3. 

   Aug 18, 2025 · Strauss & Co

   August ART, lot 303

   Sold ZAR 52,763 +41%Sign up to see · est. ZAR 50,000 – ZAR 70,000

   As catalogued

   William Kentridge, “Reading Chambers (Encyclopedia)”, 2002

   chine collé on paper

   image size: 26,5 by 37cm; 55 by 62,5 by 3cm including frame

Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.