Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Black Imitates White, 2012
Print (other)
Rago Auctions · Sep 26, 2025$8,890 ≈ £6,657 ≈ €7,617Sign up free to see price
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Strange Fruit
Hank Willis Thomas (American, b. 1976) · 2011
$20,640 price realized incl. premium
≈ £15,630≈ €18,452
Hammer $16,000 · with buyer’s premium $20,640
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Chromogenic print, flush-mounted”
- Edition
- 5/5
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 59 5/8 x 28 1/8 in. (151.4 x 71.4 cm) Overall 61 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (155.3 x 75.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040326)
- Date
- October 8, 2026
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 92
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $25,000 (≈ £11,359 – £18,932) (≈ €13,410 – €22,349)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Oct 13, 2026
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