Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Excerpt, 2014
Lithograph · Paper
Wright · Dec 16, 2025$8,255 ≈ £6,143 ≈ €7,010Sign up free to see price
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The Emancipation Approximation (scene #18)
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) · 1999-2000
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- Medium
- Screenprint · Prints & multiples all screenprint results →As published: “Screenprint in colors, on Somerset paper, the full sheet”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- AP
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Kara Walker signature
- Category
- Screenprints
- Dimensions
- S. 44 x 34 in. (111.8 x 86.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030220)
- Date
- October 22, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 221
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £7,637 – £11,455) (≈ €8,460 – €12,689)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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