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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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Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Wright · Aug 6, 2026
$3,072Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning, 2002, The complete set of three free-standing, laser-cut stainless steel multiples, painted black, all contained in the original foam-lined box — The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning, 2002
Phillips · Jun 24, 2026
$5,805Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: a Fable, 1997, Laser-cut paper pop-up book, bound in brown leather (as issued) — Freedom: a Fable, 1997
Phillips · Jun 24, 2026
$2,193Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom, A Fable Found (pop-up book) (Peter Norton Christmas Project), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom, A Fable Found (pop-up book) (Peter Norton Christmas Project), 1997
Rago Auctions · Jun 3, 2026
$2,816Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Sketch for a Fabulous Tale (from the Skowhegan Portfolio No. 1), 2011, lithograph on Stonehenge — Sketch for a Fabulous Tale (from the Skowhegan Portfolio No. 1), 2011
Rago Auctions · Jun 3, 2026
$2,560Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Wright · May 27, 2026
$3,072Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Survivors (Not For Long), 2016, cut paper on paper — Survivors (Not For Long), 2016
Phillips · May 21, 2026
$167,700Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 19, 2026
$3,072Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Untitled, 2012, charcoal on paper, diptych — Untitled, 2012
Phillips · Feb 28, 2026
$18,060Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Rago Auctions · Feb 26, 2026
$3,048Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Sapling, 2003, colored pencil on paper — Sapling, 2003
Phillips · Feb 24, 2026
$28,380Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: a Fable, 1997, Laser-cut paper pop-up book, bound in brown leather (as issued), contained in the original cardboard packing box — Freedom: a Fable, 1997
Phillips · Feb 2, 2026
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Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jan 7, 2026
$4,064Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Excerpt, 2014, lithograph on Somerset satin — Excerpt, 2014
Wright · Dec 16, 2025
$8,255Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable — Freedom: A Fable
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 7, 2025
$850Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Bureau of Refugees: March - Bradley killed freedwoman with an axe in Montgy., 2007, cut paper — Bureau of Refugees: March - Bradley killed freedwoman with an axe in Montgy., 2007
Phillips · Nov 21, 2025
$30,960Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Nearing Fact, 2007, gouache and paper on wood panel — Nearing Fact, 2007
Rago Auctions · Nov 12, 2025
$19,050Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning, 2002, The complete set of three free-standing, laser-cut stainless steel multiples, painted black, all contained in the original foam-lined box — The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning, 2002
Phillips · Oct 21, 2025
$9,030Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, ...calling to me from the angry surface of some grey and threatening sea. I was transported., 2007, color video — ...calling to me from the angry surface of some grey and threatening sea. I was transported., 2007
Phillips · Sep 25, 2025
$64,500Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 3, 2025
$8,580Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Untitled (Pitcher), 2014, glazed porcelain — Untitled (Pitcher), 2014
Rago Auctions · Aug 15, 2025
$1,651Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: a Fable, 1997, Laser-cut paper pop-up book, bound in brown leather (as issued), contained in the original cardboard packing box — Freedom: a Fable, 1997
Phillips · Jun 24, 2025
$2,540Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Porgy & Bess, 2013, lithograph on Somerset in bound book — Porgy & Bess, 2013
Rago Auctions · Jun 5, 2025
$2,540Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Untitled, 2001, cut paper collage on paper, in two parts — Untitled, 2001
Bonhams · May 15, 2025
$133,850Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: a Fable, 1997, Laser-cut paper pop-up book, bound in brown leather (as issued) — Freedom: a Fable, 1997
Phillips · Apr 16, 2025
$3,048Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Wright · Apr 3, 2025
$6,985Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Restraint, 2009, Etching and aquatint, on Somerset paper, with full margins — Restraint, 2009
Phillips · Feb 12, 2025
$7,620Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable, 1997, Laser-cut paper pop-up book, bound in brown leather (as issued) — Freedom: A Fable, 1997
Phillips · Feb 12, 2025
$2,794Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom, A Fable Found (pop-up book) (Peter Norton Christmas Project), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom, A Fable Found (pop-up book) (Peter Norton Christmas Project), 1997
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jan 8, 2025
$5,080Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Sketch for a Fabulous Tale, 2011, lithograph on Stonehenge — Sketch for a Fabulous Tale, 2011
Wright · Dec 18, 2024
$2,772Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper — Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book), 1997
Wright · Dec 18, 2024
$2,772Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Untitles/ Kara Walker/ Bernardaud/ 0234/1000 — Untitles/ Kara Walker/ Bernardaud/ 0234/1000
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 8, 2024
$950Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching, 2006, painted laser cut steel, in 22 parts — Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching, 2006
Phillips · Nov 20, 2024
$82,550Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, African/American, 1998, Linocut, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins — African/American, 1998
Phillips · Oct 22, 2024
$12,700Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, The Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts (L. P. p. 216, fig. 85), 1995, The complete set of five etching and aquatints, on Somerset Satin paper, the full sheets — The Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts (L. P. p. 216, fig. 85), 1995
Phillips · Oct 22, 2024
$25,400Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, African/American, 1998, linocut — African/American, 1998
Rago Auctions · Oct 16, 2024
$22,680Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, I’ll Be a Monkey’s Uncle, 1996, lithograph — I’ll Be a Monkey’s Uncle, 1996
Rago Auctions · Oct 16, 2024
$4,902Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Testimony, 2005, photogravure on Hahnemühle Copperplate — Testimony, 2005
Rago Auctions · Oct 16, 2024
$12,600Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, An Army Train (from the Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) portfolio), 2005, offset lithograph and screenprint on Somerset Textured — An Army Train (from the Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) portfolio), 2005
Rago Auctions · Oct 16, 2024
$5,670Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Pack-Mules in the Mountains (from the Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) portfolio), 2005, offset lithograph and screenprint on Somerset Textured — Pack-Mules in the Mountains (from the Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) portfolio), 2005
Rago Auctions · Oct 16, 2024
$6,930Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom, A Fable Bound (pop-up book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs on 130 lb. Classic Crest Cover and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on 65 lb. Curtis Tuscan Antique Cover — Freedom, A Fable Bound (pop-up book), 1997
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Sep 4, 2024
$3,930Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Untitled (Canisters), 1997, acid-etched glass — Untitled (Canisters), 1997
Wright · Aug 14, 2024
$6,300Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Freedom, A Fable Bound (pop-up book), 1997, leather-bound volume of offset lithographs on 130 lb. Classic Crest Cover and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on 65 lb. Curtis Tuscan Antique Cover — Freedom, A Fable Bound (pop-up book), 1997
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 15, 2024
$3,780Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Cover of My Negro Novella, 2010, graphite and pastel on paper — Cover of My Negro Novella, 2010
Phillips · May 15, 2024
$114,300Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Keys to the Coop, 1997, linocut — Keys to the Coop, 1997
Rago Auctions · Mar 13, 2024
$21,420Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Untitled (Canisters), 1997, acid-etched glass — Untitled (Canisters), 1997
Rago Auctions · Feb 14, 2024
$5,040Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Restraint, 2009, etching, aquatint and sugarlift on Somerset — Restraint, 2009
Wright · Dec 7, 2023
$10,080Sign up free to see

Kara Walker, Boo-hoo (für Parkett 59), 2000, Linolschnitt auf Büttenkarton — Boo-hoo (für Parkett 59), 2000
Van Ham · Oct 31, 2023
€5,016Sign up free to see

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