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Kara Walker
American • b. 1969
Biography
Kara Walker sugarcoats nothing. Her masterpiece public art commission, A Subtlety, 2014, was a 35-foot high racial confrontation of artifact, mythology and American history in the form of a sphinx packed from 80-tonnes of Domino white sugar crystals. Walker's practice first caught audiences with her haunting paper cutout silhouettes retelling the injustices of slavery and the foundations of American capitalist culture.
Walker's immense talent matched by her cunning commentary has made her one of the most important contemporary artists today, having enjoyed major exhibitions at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and the Whitney Museum of Art, New York in addition to permanent placements within the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Art Institute Chicago. Her auction market is strong for a mid-career artist, with works reaching more than $300,000.
Insights
At the age of 28, Walker became one of the youngest people to ever receive a MacArthur Genius award.
Chuck Close created a dotted portrait of Walker in ceramic tile for the 86th Street Subway station in New York City.
Recent Kara Walker headlines, Powered by Articker
30 March 2023 | The Harvard Crimson
Artist Profile: Kara Walker on Her Whimsical Flowers and Glowing Lanterns | Arts | The Harvard Crimson15 March 2023 | Art Observed
New York – Kara Walker: “Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)” at The New York Historical Society Through June 11th, 202312 December 2022 | ARTnews
Marina Abramović, Kara Walker, and Other Renowned Artists Sign Letter of Solidarity with Iranian Protestors9 December 2022 | The Art Newspaper
Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker and others sign letter denouncing human rights abuses in Iran28 November 2022 | Dream Idea Machine
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Kara Walker
Forging Freedoms
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
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Kara Walker
Emancipation Approximation: Scene 9
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
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Kara Walker
Emancipation Approximation: Scene 26
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,450
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Kara Walker
Freedom, a Fable
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,032
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Kara Walker
Boo-hoo (P. 59)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,080
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Kara Walker
Emancipation Approximation: Scene 5
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,820
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Kara Walker
Emancipation Approximation: Scene 15
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
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Kara Walker
I'll be a Monkey's Uncle
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,450
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Kara Walker
Boo-hoo (P. 59)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $25,200
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Kara Walker
The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,670
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Kara Walker
Emancipation Approximation: Scene 9
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,222
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Kara Walker
Freedom, a Fable
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $3,024
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Kara Walker
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $20,160
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Kara Walker
Snared
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,340
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Kara Walker
Cotton (L.P. KW-96-05A)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $21,420
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Kara Walker
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,760
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Kara Walker
Pocketwatch, scene No. 5 from The Emancipation Approximation
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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Kara Walker
Emancipation Approximation: Scenes 5; 9; 15; 18; and 26
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
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Kara Walker
The Keys to the Coop
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,500
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Kara Walker
A Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts (L. P. p. 216, fig. 85)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,920
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Kara Walker
Snared
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,930
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Kara Walker
Up Frum Slubbery
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £18,900
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Kara Walker
The Emancipation Approximation (scene #18)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,240
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Kara Walker
Banks's Army Leaving Simmsport, from Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
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