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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Sampler I Booty CallPhillips · Sep 2018$264,000≈ £200,715≈ €224,509Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · Nov 2016$225,000≈ £180,665≈ €209,947Sign up to see
African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasses and Brown SugarPhillips · Oct 2023£139,700≈ $171,971≈ €161,946Sign up to see

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Untitled, 2001
Drawing · Paper
18 h x 12 w in (46 x 30 cm)
Rago Auctions · Mar 11, 2021 · Lot 130
$41,600≈ £29,776≈ €34,756Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $15,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
L’il Patch of Woods, 1997
Etching
13 h x 10 w in (33 x 25 cm)
Rago Auctions · Feb 17, 2021 · Lot 313
$4,375≈ £3,155≈ €3,628Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Up Frum Slubbery, 2010
Drawing · Paper
46.4 x 137.8 in. (117.9 x 350 cm)
Phillips · Dec 15, 2020 · Lot 42
£18,900≈ $25,271≈ €20,816Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
Freedom, a Fable, a Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, 1997
Lithograph · Paper
9¼ h x 8¼ w in (23 x 21 cm)
Rago Auctions · Nov 12, 2020 · Lot 409
$3,750≈ £2,855≈ €3,180Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Li’l Patch of Woods, 1997
Etching
18 h x 15 w in (46 x 38 cm)
Rago Auctions · Nov 12, 2020 · Lot 410
$5,313≈ £4,045≈ €4,506Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
The Emancipation Approximation (scene #18), 1999-2000
Screenprint · Paper · ed. AP
S. 44 x 34 in. (111.8 x 86.4 cm)
Phillips · Oct 22, 2020 · Lot 221
$30,240≈ £23,093≈ €25,582Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
Testimony Suite, 2005
Etching · Panel · ed. 1/40
four I. 16 3/8 x 21 7/8 in. (41.6 x 55.6 cm) one I. 6 2/4 x 8 3/4 in. (16.5 x 22.2 cm) all S. 22 1/4 x 31 in. (56.5 x 78.7 cm)
Phillips · Oct 22, 2020 · Lot 224
$10,080≈ £7,698≈ €8,527Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning (three sculptures), 2002
Sculpture · ed. 10/100
The Bush 6 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 5/8 in. (16.5 x 13.7 x 1.6 cm) Skinny 5 3/4 x 6 x 5/8 in. (14.6 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm) De-Boning 4 3/8 x 4 x 5/8 in. (11.1 x 10.2 x 1.6 cm)
Phillips · Jul 24, 2020 · Lot 222
$12,500≈ £9,798≈ €10,768Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
Forging Freedoms, 1996
Drawing · Paper
142.2 x 121.9 cm (55 7/8 x 47 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Mar 4, 2020 · Lot 50
$65,000≈ £50,746≈ €58,427Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
Untitled, 2015
spray paint on vellum · Other support
48.5 x 62 cm (19 1/8 x 24 3/8 in.)
Phillips · Feb 14, 2020 · Lot 131
£25,000≈ $32,575≈ €30,045Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗

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Kara Walker signature

77 catalogued lots by Kara Walker record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (50% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

on the reverse9
lower right6
upper right2
on the stretcher1

Form

signed47
initialled24
signed and dated6

Signed and titled "KWalker Survivors (not for long)" on the reverse — Survivors (Not For Long), Phillips, May 21, 2026
Signed and dated "K Walker 2012" on the reverse of the left sheet; signed and dated "2012ish Kara Walker" on the reverse of the right sheet — Untitled, Phillips, Feb 28, 2026
Signed with the artist's initials, titled, inscribed and dated "Sapling KW 2003 (George W.) 2003 KW Sapling" on the reverse — Sapling, Phillips, Feb 24, 2026

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About Kara Walker

Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist, filmmaker, and university professor, who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. Walker is most well known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes that interrogate romantic narratives of the antebellum South of the United States. She is regarded as among the most prominent and acclaimed Black American artists working today.

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