Kara Walker - New Now New York Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002

  • 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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Property from a Private Collection, California

Ο133

Untitled

cut paper collage on paper
11 x 12 in. (27.9 x 30.5 cm)
Executed in 1998.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $32,760

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig

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212 940 1279

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New Now

New York Auction 28 September 2021