William Kentridge
I Ask this Chair, I Ask this Table, Why?

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I Ask this Chair, I Ask this Table, Why?
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ArtistSouth African, born 1955
CultureSouth African
Titles
  • I Ask this Chair, I Ask this Table, Why?
Date2023
MediumIndian ink and colored pencil on Phumani handmade paper
DimensionsSheet: 77 1/2 × 65 5/8 in. (196.9 × 166.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2024.68
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryI Ask this Chair, I Ask this Table, Why? was exhibited by Goodman Gallery at Art Basel, Miami Beach, December 6–10, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled in Indian ink, lower center: I ASK THIS CHAIR, I ASK THIS TABLE, WHY? [all caps]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in red colored pencil, lower right corner: KENTRIDGE [capital print]
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Catalogue raisonnéN.A.

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