Kara Walker - Evening & Day Editions New York Thursday, November 1, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Edition for Parkett 59

  • 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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Boo-hoo

2000
Linocut, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,
I. 36 3/4 x 18 1/2 in (93.3 x 47 cm);
S. 39 3/4 x 20 5/8 in (101 x 52.4 cm)

signed, titled, dated `2000’ and numbered `WKSHP ½’ in pencil (a workshop copy, the edition was 70 and 30 artist’s proofs in Roman numerals), published by Parkett Editions, New York and Zurich, in excellent condition, framed.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $6,875

Evening & Day Editions

31 October & 1 November 2012
New York