Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Sketch for a Fabulous Tale (from the Skowhegan Portfolio No. 1), 2011
Lithograph
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Testimony; and Chanterelle Menu
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) · 2005 and 2006
$2,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,609≈ €1,907
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Two prints, comprised of one photogravure and one screenprint, on Twinrocker paper, with full margins,”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials and dated `2005' · Kara Walker signature
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- testimony I. 16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in (41.9 x 55.2 cm) testimony S. 22 1/4 x 30 3/4 in (56.5 x 78.1 cm); menu I. 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in (45.1 x 31.8 cm) menu S. 20 x 14 3/4 in (50.8 x 37.5 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (NY030013)
- Date
- April 29, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 278
- Estimate
- $2,500 – $3,500 (≈ £1,609 – £2,253) (≈ €1,907 – €2,669)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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