Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled, 2012
Drawing (charcoal) · Paper
Phillips · Feb 28, 2026$18,060 ≈ £13,407 ≈ €15,299Sign up free to see price
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Restraint
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) · 2009
$7,620 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,124≈ €7,348
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching and aquatint, on Somerset paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 29/35
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Kara Walker signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 23 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (60.3 x 45.1 cm) S. 31 x 23 3/4 in. (78.7 x 60.3 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030125)
- Date
- February 12, 2025
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 26
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £4,018 – £5,626) (≈ €4,822 – €6,750)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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