© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗Sapling, 2003
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© Wright — view on Wright website ↗Thumbnail shown for reference only. Wright holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗
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Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) · 1997
$3,125 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,029≈ €2,432
Hammer $2,500 · with buyer’s premium $3,125
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “etched glass”
- Category
- Art glass
- Dimensions
- 11¼ h x 30 w x 4¼ d in (29 x 76 x 11 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Post War + Contemporary Art (auctions/2010/09/post-war-contemporary-art)
- Date
- September 14, 2010
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 223
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £2,597) (≈ €3,113)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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