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Lithograph · Paper
Wright · Dec 16, 2025$8,255 ≈ £6,143 ≈ €7,010Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Boo-hoo (P. 59)
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) · 2000
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,327 – £9,490) (≈ €7,479 – €11,219)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Woodcut / linocut · Prints & multiples all woodcut / linocut results →As published: “Linocut, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- PP
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials · Kara Walker signature
- Category
- Linocuts
- Dimensions
- I. 36 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (93 x 47 cm) S. 39 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. (100.6 x 52.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030424)
- Date
- June 27, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 113
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,327 – £9,490) (≈ €7,479 – €11,219)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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