Kara Walker - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, October 28, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Kara Walker

    American • 1969

    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.

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The Keys to the Coop

1997
Linocut, on Somerset paper, with full margins,
I. 30 x 50 in (76.2 x 127 cm);
S. 46 1/2 x 60 1/2 in (118.1 x 153.7 cm)

signed with initials, titled, dated `97' and numbered 11/40 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by Landfall Press Inc., Chicago, in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $9,375

Contact Specialist
Kelly Troester – Modern Editions
ktroester@phillips.com
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Evening & Day Editions

New York 28 October 2013 10am & 6pm