© Bonhams — view on Bonhams website ↗Untitled, 2001
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Forging Freedoms
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) · 1996
$65,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £50,746≈ €58,427
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- Medium
- Drawing (charcoal) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “charcoal on cut paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 142.2 x 121.9 cm (55 7/8 x 47 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010120)
- Date
- March 4, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 50
- Estimate
- $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £15,614 – £23,421) (≈ €17,978 – €26,966)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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