Kara Walker
American · b. 1969
Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist, filmmaker, and university professor, who explores race,… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Sampler I Booty CallPhillips · $264,000≈ £200,715≈ €224,509Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · $225,000≈ £180,665≈ €209,947Sign up to see
African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasses and Brown SugarPhillips · £139,700≈ $171,971≈ €161,946Sign up to see
Kara Walker’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
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Price trend
6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 3 | 2 | 67% | $29.3kSign up | $29.3kSign up | $32.6kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Works on paper | 39 | 36 | 92% | $34kSign up | $13.1kSign up | $264kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 2 | 100% | $17.6kSign up | $17.6kSign up | $20.2kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $19.1kSign up | $19.1kSign up | $19.1kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $114kSign up | $114kSign up | $114kSign up |
| Drawing | 9 | 8 | 89% | $28.9kSign up | $26.8kSign up | $65kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 96 | 81 | 84% | $10.3kSign up | $6.9kSign up | $125kSign up |
| Etching | 18 | 13 | 72% | $15.5kSign up | $10.1kSign up | $52.9kSign up |
| Lithograph | 46 | 41 | 89% | $4.8kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $11.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 17 | 13 | 76% | $19.4kSign up | $9.4kSign up | $125kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 11 | 10 | 91% | $15.4kSign up | $11.4kSign up | $31.5kSign up |
| Print (other) | 4 | 4 | 100% | $7.4kSign up | $3.2kSign up | $22.3kSign up |
| Photography | 2 | 2 | 100% | $7.5kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $12.6kSign up |
| Photograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $7.5kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $12.6kSign up |
| Sculpture | 10 | 10 | 100% | $31kSign up | $8kSign up | $172kSign up |
| Other | 15 | 15 | 100% | $32.2kSign up | $5kSign up | $225kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | $3.1kSign up |
| 2025 | 17 | 16 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2024 | 23 | 17 | $6.3kSign up |
| 2023 | 16 | 14 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 14 | 13 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | $21.4kSign up |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 | $25.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | $4.6kSign up |
| 2018 | 14 | 13 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2014 | 12 | 11 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2013 | 12 | 10 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $2.4kSign up |