Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Asphalt and Chalk, Michael Brown, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin, 2014
Drawing (chalk) · Paper
Phillips · Jul 16, 2026$38,700 ≈ £28,643 ≈ €33,749Sign up free to see price
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Holy Absence II
Titus Kaphar (American, b. 1976) · 2014
£315,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $433,188≈ €373,374
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and gold leaf on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated ‘Kaphar 14’ on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 142.2 x 88.3 cm (56 x 34 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010921)
- Date
- October 15, 2021
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 15
- Estimate
- £200,000 – £300,000 (≈ $275,040 – $412,560) (≈ €237,063 – €355,594)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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