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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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I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969)
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Estimate $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,886 – £5,440) (≈ €4,242 – €5,939)
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph”
- Edition
- AP
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right, AP 3/10, depicting the figures of a girl and a monkey in black silhouette against a white background, mounted floating and hou · Kara Walker signature
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- 39 1/2 x 35 in
- Auction house
- Leonard Auction
- Sale
- Online September Auction (Sale #269) (269)
- Date
- September 21, 2020
- Location
- Addison, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 348
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,886 – £5,440) (≈ €4,242 – €5,939)
- Source
- Auction house leonardauction.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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