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Kara Walker: career timeline

American · b. 1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 160 of 171 lots (93% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Kara Walker: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1990s9385$5.1kSign upOther
2000s4136$10.1kSign upSculpture
2010s2320$9.5kSign upLithograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Kara Walker to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1990s 93 works

Sold
85 of 93
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$13.7kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (29 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Other (28), Lithograph (26), Screenprint (13)
Subjects
Landscapes (6), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 69 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 41 works

Sold
36 of 41
Median
$10.1kSign up
Average
$24.3kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 17.5 in (42 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (7), Lithograph (7), Etching (6)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Markets & villages (1), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 23 works

Sold
20 of 23
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$43.6kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 18 in (41 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (11), Other (4), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 11 more (2010s)

Creation date not recorded

11 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Etching (1), Lithograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold
2 of 8
Median
$900Sign up
Average
$900Sign up
Typical size
39.5 × 39 in (100 × 99 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Other (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 2 more (2020s)

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Kara Walker auction results →