Kara Walker
Heat Index
50
Total Sales
160
Avg Price
$38,158
Sell-Through
100%
Est. Beat Rate
44%
Signals
0
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Price History
Auction Results
| Date | House | Title | Medium | Estimate | Hammer Price | vs Est. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2026-03-10 | Phillips | Sapling | colored pencil on paper | $7,500–$11,250 | $28,380 | +152% |
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2026-03-07 | Christie's | Untitled | ink, graphite and paper c | $63,500–$88,900 | $93,648 | +5% |
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2026-03-07 | Christie's | Kneeling Silhouette | paper collage and acrylic | $10,160–$15,240 | $15,324 | +1% |
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2026-02-28 | Phillips | Untitled | charcoal on paper, diptyc | $11,250–$15,000 | $18,060 | +20% |
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2026-02-26 | Christie's | The Means to an End...A Shadow Drama in | hard-ground etching and a | $11,250–$15,000 | $19,050 | +27% |
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2026-02-25 | Sotheby's | Goya Group | graphite, watercolor, gou | $11,250–$15,000 | $12,800 | -15% |
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2026-02-10 | Phillips | Freedom: a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $5,160 | +129% |
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2025-12-16 | Christie's | Sugar Cane Prep in Yellow | watercolor on paper | $15,000–$22,500 | $27,940 | +24% |
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2025-11-21 | Phillips | Bureau of Refugees: March - Bradley kill | cut paper | $15,000–$22,500 | $30,960 | +38% |
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2025-10-22 | Phillips | The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning | The complete set of three | $2,250–$3,750 | $9,030 | +141% |
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2025-09-25 | Phillips | ...calling to me from the angry surface | color video | $22,500–$37,500 | $64,500 | +72% |
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2025-07-16 | Christie's | Freedom: A Fable | artist's book with five l | $1,500–$2,250 | $3,024 | +34% |
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2025-07-15 | Sotheby's | Boo-hoo (for Parkett 59) | linoleum cut on Arches Co | $4,500–$6,000 | $5,715 | -5% |
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2025-06-26 | Christie's | The Policy of Admissions | cut paper collage on pape | $127,000–$190,500 | $172,495 | -9% |
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2025-06-24 | Phillips | Freedom: a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $2,540 | +13% |
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2025-04-17 | Phillips | Freedom: a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $3,048 | +35% |
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2025-02-26 | Christie's | I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle | lithograph, on wove paper | $5,250–$7,500 | $8,820 | +18% |
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2025-02-12 | Phillips | Restraint | Etching and aquatint, on | $3,750–$5,250 | $7,620 | +45% |
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2025-02-12 | Phillips | Freedom: A Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $2,794 | +24% |
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2025-02-06 | Swann | What I Want History to Do to Me | Ink on paper | $6,000–$9,000 | $23,750 | +164% |
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2025-02-06 | Swann | Untitled (Lincoln) | Gouache on wove paper | $26,250–$37,500 | $68,750 | +83% |
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2024-11-20 | Phillips | Burning African Village Play Set with Bi | painted laser cut steel, | $30,000–$45,000 | $82,550 | +83% |
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2024-10-24 | Phillips | African/American | Linocut, on Rives BFK pap | $9,000–$13,500 | $12,700 | -6% |
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2024-10-24 | Phillips | The Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in | The complete set of five | $22,500–$37,500 | $25,400 | -32% |
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2024-10-01 | Christie's | Black Joke (faces her past) | sprayed acrylic and paper | $90,000–$135,000 | $88,200 | -35% |
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2024-10-01 | Christie's | A Warm Summer Evening in 1863 | wool tapestry with hand-c | $22,500–$37,500 | $94,500 | +152% |
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2024-05-15 | Phillips | Cover of My Negro Novella | graphite and pastel on pa | $52,500–$75,000 | $114,300 | +52% |
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2024-03-01 | Sotheby's | African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasse | cast pigmented polyester | $60,000–$90,000 | $101,600 | +13% |
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2024-02-23 | Sotheby's | Untitled | cut paper and pencil on p | $7,500–$11,250 | $20,320 | +81% |
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2023-11-10 | Christie's | Miss Sarah's Crop | cut paper and gesso on ca | $150,000–$225,000 | $189,000 | -16% |
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2023-11-10 | Christie's | Shiny Penny | cut paper collage on pape | $45,000–$60,000 | $50,400 | -16% |
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2023-11-01 | Bonhams | Untitled | ink on paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $4,864 | +8% |
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2023-10-27 | Phillips | Excerpt | Lithograph, on Somerset p | $6,000–$9,000 | $10,795 | +20% |
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2023-10-12 | Phillips | African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasse | cast pigmented polyester | $88,900–$114,300 | $170,194 | +49% |
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2023-09-22 | Sotheby's | Say Uncle | graphite on paper | $5,250–$7,500 | $9,525 | +27% |
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2023-09-13 | Phillips | Freedom: A Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $1,778 | -21% |
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2023-06-21 | Phillips | The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning | The complete set of three | $2,250–$3,750 | $12,700 | +239% |
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2023-06-08 | Swann | Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book, with o | $2,250–$3,750 | $2,000 | -47% |
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2023-05-09 | Bonhams | Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil | 15 offset lithographs and | $60,000–$75,000 | $94,875 | +26% |
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2023-04-20 | Phillips | Testimony Suite | The complete set of five | $6,000–$9,000 | $10,160 | +13% |
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2023-04-06 | Swann | Lil Patch of Woods | Etching and aquatint on M | $1,500–$2,250 | $3,000 | +33% |
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2023-04-06 | Swann | Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book, with o | $1,500–$2,250 | $4,000 | +78% |
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2023-04-06 | Swann | The Emancipation Approximation (Scene #1 | Color screenprint on Some | $6,000–$9,000 | $11,250 | +25% |
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2023-03-10 | Christie's | Master and Slave, Together Building a Mo | gouache and graphite on p | $150,000–$225,000 | $189,000 | -16% |
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2023-03-10 | Sotheby's | Pastoral | wall painting in black la | $15,240–$22,860 | $18,170 | -21% |
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2023-03-08 | Christie's | Emancipation Approximation: Plate 9 | screenprint in colors, on | $5,250–$7,500 | $8,820 | +18% |
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2023-02-15 | Phillips | Emancipation Approximation: Scene 9 | Screenprint in colors, on | $6,000–$9,000 | $11,340 | +26% |
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2023-02-15 | Phillips | Emancipation Approximation: Scene 26 | Screenprint in colors, on | $6,000–$9,000 | $9,450 | +5% |
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2022-11-18 | Christie's | Untitled | cut paper collage and gou | $112,500–$150,000 | $252,000 | +68% |
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2022-11-01 | Bonhams | Emancipation Approximation: Scene 15 | Screenprint in colors on | $6,000–$9,000 | $8,287 | -8% |
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2022-10-28 | Christie's | Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil | fifteen offset lithograph | $60,000–$90,000 | $151,200 | +68% |
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2022-10-26 | Phillips | Boo-hoo (P. 59) | Linocut, on Arches Cover | $7,500–$11,250 | $10,080 | -10% |
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2022-10-26 | Phillips | Emancipation Approximation: Scene 5 | Screenprint, on Somerset | $6,000–$9,000 | $8,820 | -2% |
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2022-10-26 | Phillips | Freedom, a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $4,032 | +79% |
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2022-06-28 | Artsy Auction | Boo Hoo | Linocut on Arches Cover W | $4,500–$6,000 | $11,250 | +88% |
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2022-06-25 | Phillips | Emancipation Approximation: Scene 15 | Screenprint in colors, on | $6,000–$9,000 | $15,120 | +68% |
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2022-05-20 | Sotheby's | Negress Notes | watercolor, ink, ball-poi | $150,000–$225,000 | $529,200 | +135% |
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2022-05-12 | Swann | The Emancipation Approximation (Scene #5 | Screenprint on Somerset 5 | $7,500–$11,250 | $11,875 | +6% |
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2022-05-12 | Bonhams | Excerpt | Lithograph on Somerset sa | $6,750–$9,000 | $11,475 | +28% |
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2022-04-21 | Phillips | I'll be a Monkey's Uncle | Lithograph, on Somerset S | $6,000–$9,000 | $9,450 | +5% |
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2022-04-21 | Phillips | Boo-hoo (P. 59) | Linocut, on Arches Cover | $3,750–$5,250 | $25,200 | +380% |
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2022-04-21 | Phillips | The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning | The complete set of three | $2,250–$3,750 | $5,670 | +51% |
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2022-04-21 | Phillips | Emancipation Approximation: Scene 9 | Screenprint in colors, on | $6,000–$9,000 | $12,222 | +36% |
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2022-03-31 | Swann | The Emancipation Approximation (Scene #1 | Color screenprint on Some | $7,500–$11,250 | $11,250 | 0% |
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2022-03-31 | Swann | Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book, with o | $2,250–$3,750 | $4,000 | +7% |
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2022-03-31 | Swann | An Army Train | Offset lithograph and scr | $4,500–$6,750 | $7,500 | +11% |
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2022-03-11 | Phillips | Freedom, a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,125–$1,500 | $3,024 | +102% |
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2022-03-11 | Phillips | Untitled | Watercolor drawing, on pa | $5,250–$7,500 | $20,160 | +169% |
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2022-03-11 | Phillips | Snared | Lithograph, on wove paper | $4,500–$6,000 | $11,340 | +89% |
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2022-03-09 | Christie's | Canisters | six etched glass canister | $3,000–$4,500 | $6,300 | +40% |
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2022-03-04 | Sotheby's | Untitled (Swimmer) | gouache on paper | $5,250–$6,750 | $7,560 | +12% |
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2022-03-04 | Sotheby's | Untitled Man (White) | cut paper on paper board | $9,000–$13,500 | $15,120 | +12% |
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2022-03-04 | Sotheby's | Freedom: A Fable | artist's book with five l | $1,500–$2,250 | $3,276 | +46% |
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2021-12-15 | Christie's | Untitled | gouache on paper | $5,250–$7,500 | $7,500 | 0% |
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2021-11-12 | Christie's | Burn | cut paper and adhesive | $45,000–$60,000 | $400,000 | +567% |
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2021-10-21 | Phillips | Cotton (L.P. KW-96-05A) | Etching and aquatint, on | $1,125–$1,875 | $21,420 | +1042% |
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2021-09-28 | Phillips | Untitled | cut paper collage on pape | $7,500–$11,250 | $32,760 | +191% |
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2021-07-21 | Christie's | Untitled | gouache and watercolor on | $15,000–$22,500 | $21,250 | -6% |
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2021-07-21 | Christie's | Untitled (Doorman) | gouache and ink on paper | $6,000–$9,000 | $9,375 | +4% |
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2021-07-20 | Christie's | The Keys To The Coop | linocut, on wove paper | $15,000–$22,500 | $35,000 | +56% |
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2021-04-22 | Phillips | The Keys to the Coop | Monumental linocut, on Ri | $18,750–$26,250 | $31,500 | +20% |
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2021-04-22 | Phillips | A Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in F | Etching and aquatint, on | $22,500–$37,500 | $52,920 | +41% |
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2021-04-22 | Phillips | Snared | Lithograph, on wove paper | $5,250–$6,750 | $6,930 | +3% |
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2021-03-30 | Christie's | Emancipation Approximation; Plate 15 | screenprint on paper | $10,160–$15,240 | $13,746 | -10% |
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2021-03-09 | Christie's | Untitled (Nigger King and His Followers) | graphite on paper | $6,000–$9,000 | $11,250 | +25% |
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2020-12-15 | Phillips | Up Frum Slubbery | ink transfer on paper | $25,400–$38,100 | $25,416 | -33% |
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2020-10-22 | Phillips | The Emancipation Approximation (scene #1 | Screenprint in colors, on | $7,500–$11,250 | $30,240 | +169% |
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2020-10-22 | Phillips | Testimony Suite | The complete set of five | $6,000–$9,000 | $10,080 | +12% |
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2020-10-07 | Christie's | Untitled | cut paper collage on pape | $90,000–$135,000 | $150,000 | +11% |
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2020-10-07 | Christie's | Untitled | cut paper collage on pape | $7,500–$11,250 | $27,500 | +144% |
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2020-08-04 | Christie's | Oof! | ink and watercolor on pap | $6,000–$9,000 | $8,125 | -10% |
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2020-07-24 | Phillips | The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning (three s | The complete set of three | $2,250–$3,750 | $12,500 | +233% |
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2020-06-05 | Bonhams | Snared | Lithograph on wove paper | $4,500–$6,000 | $8,200 | +37% |
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2020-06-05 | Bonhams | Excerpt | Lithograph on Somerset sa | $6,000–$7,500 | $11,950 | +59% |
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2020-04-16 | Phillips | Freedom, A Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,500–$2,250 | $2,125 | -6% |
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2020-03-04 | Christie's | Freedom: A fable | an artist's book with fiv | $1,500–$2,250 | $4,750 | +111% |
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2020-03-04 | Phillips | Forging Freedoms | charcoal on cut paper | $15,000–$22,500 | $65,000 | +189% |
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2020-02-14 | Phillips | Untitled | spray paint on vellum | $25,400–$38,100 | $32,618 | -14% |
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2020-02-14 | Phillips | Untitled | spray paint on vellum | $25,400–$38,100 | $26,094 | -32% |
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2019-12-06 | Sotheby's | FOOTE'S GUN-BOATS ASCENDING TO ATTACK FO | Offset lithograph and scr | $3,000–$4,500 | $4,000 | -11% |
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2019-11-14 | Christie's | Untitled | gouache on paper | $6,000–$9,000 | $50,000 | +456% |
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2019-10-08 | Swann | Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book, with o | $1,500–$2,250 | $4,750 | +111% |
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2019-09-27 | Christie's | Chain of Events | colored pencil on paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $15,000 | +233% |
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2019-09-12 | Phillips | Pocketwatch, scene No. 5, from The Emanc | Screenprint in black, on | $6,350–$8,890 | $13,870 | +56% |
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2019-06-25 | Christie's | Four Idioms on Negro Art #4 Primitivism | flashe, tempera, and wate | $254,000–$381,000 | $503,548 | +32% |
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2019-06-06 | Phillips | Pastoral, from Wall Works | Wall painting in black la | $19,050–$25,400 | $22,216 | -13% |
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2019-05-16 | Swann | Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book, with o | $1,500–$2,250 | $2,750 | +22% |
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2019-04-23 | Phillips | Lost Mountain at Sunrise, from Harper's | Offset lithograph and scr | $3,000–$4,500 | $6,875 | +53% |
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2019-04-23 | Phillips | Freedom: a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,350–$1,800 | $2,250 | +25% |
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2019-04-04 | Christie's | Untitled | watercolour, gouache and | $15,240–$22,860 | $27,774 | +21% |
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2019-04-04 | Swann | Boo Hoo | Linoleum cut on Arches Co | $3,750–$5,250 | $6,500 | +24% |
| 2018-11-15 | Sotheby's | TOY SOLDIER | charcoal, pastel and grap | $15,000–$22,500 | $27,500 | +22% | |
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2018-11-08 | Bonhams | Freedom: A Fable | Pop up silhouette book | $1,500–$3,000 | $2,500 | -17% |
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2018-10-30 | Phillips | Freedom, A Fable | offset lithographs and la | $1,350–$1,800 | $3,750 | +108% |
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2018-10-18 | Sotheby's | AN UNPEOPLED LAND IN UNCHARTED WATERS | prints | $30,000–$45,000 | $40,000 | -11% |
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2018-10-17 | Phillips | Freedom: a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,350–$1,800 | $2,750 | +53% |
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2018-10-17 | Phillips | Untitled (Canisters) | The complete set of six e | $2,250–$3,750 | $12,500 | +233% |
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2018-10-16 | Christie's | Untitled | glazed white porcelain pi | $225–$375 | $1,000 | +167% |
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2018-10-16 | Christie's | Untitled | glazed white porcelain pi | $225–$375 | $1,000 | +167% |
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2018-10-04 | Swann | Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book with of | $1,500–$2,250 | $4,500 | +100% |
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2018-10-04 | Swann | The Keys to the Coop | Linoleum cut on thick wov | $11,250–$18,750 | $47,500 | +153% |
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2018-09-21 | Phillips | Sampler I Booty Call | cut paper on paper | $90,000–$135,000 | $264,000 | +96% |
| 2018-06-26 | Sotheby's | UNTITLED | cut paper and pastel on p | $114,300–$152,400 | $198,309 | +30% | |
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2018-06-26 | Phillips | O! The Pathos of Black Womanhood | cut paper on canvas | $57,150–$82,550 | $123,943 | +50% |
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2018-06-07 | Phillips | Freedom, A Fable | other | $1,524–$2,286 | $1,844 | -19% |
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2018-05-22 | Swann | Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretati | Bound pop-up book, with o | $1,500–$2,250 | $5,500 | +144% |
| 2018-04-27 | Sotheby's | THE EMANCIPATION APPROXIMATION: TWO PRIN | Two screenprints in color | $7,500–$11,250 | $13,750 | +22% | |
| 2018-04-24 | Phillips | Freedom: a Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,350–$1,800 | $4,375 | +143% | |
| 2018-04-24 | Phillips | I'll be a Monkey's Uncle | Lithograph, on Somerset S | $4,500–$6,750 | $8,125 | +20% | |
| 2018-04-24 | Phillips | The Bush; Skinny; and De-boning | The complete set of three | $2,250–$3,750 | $6,875 | +83% | |
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2018-04-05 | Swann | Vanishing Act | Etching and aquatint on c | $1,500–$2,250 | $6,000 | +167% |
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2018-04-05 | Swann | Do Just So | Etching and aquatint on c | $1,125–$1,875 | $1,620 | -14% |
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2018-04-05 | Swann | Untitled | Lithograph on wove paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $5,500 | +22% |
| 2018-03-09 | Phillips | Forging Freedoms | charcoal on cut paper | $25,400–$38,100 | $34,627 | -9% | |
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2018-03-07 | Christie's | Untitled | watercolour on paper, in | $19,050–$25,400 | $20,805 | -18% |
| 2018-02-28 | Phillips | Untitled | cut paper on paper | $7,500–$11,250 | $21,250 | +89% | |
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2018-02-23 | Christie's | Untitled (Follow Fodder) | ink on paper | $2,250–$3,750 | $3,125 | -17% |
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2018-02-23 | Christie's | The Past Lurking in Every Present | ink on paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $10,000 | +122% |
| 2018-01-25 | Phillips | Freedom, A Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,524–$2,286 | $3,891 | +70% | |
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2017-11-16 | Christie's | Untitled (Study) | ink and graphite on two j | $22,500–$37,500 | $56,250 | +50% |
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2017-11-16 | Christie's | Sampler with Mothers | paper cut-outs on joined | $18,750–$26,250 | $52,500 | +100% |
| 2017-10-17 | Phillips | Freedom: A Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,350–$1,800 | $3,000 | +67% | |
| 2017-10-17 | Phillips | Untitled (Canisters) | The complete set of six e | $2,250–$3,750 | $4,000 | +7% | |
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2017-10-05 | Swann | The Emancipation Approximation (Scene 9) | Color sreenprint on Somer | $6,000–$9,000 | $8,750 | -3% |
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2017-10-05 | Swann | Untitled | Lithograph on wove paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $7,000 | +56% |
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2017-09-28 | Christie's | Procession for the Negro Folk (hero) | acrylic, paper collage an | $45,000–$60,000 | $40,000 | -33% |
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2017-09-28 | Christie's | A Warm Summer Evening in 1863 | Executed in 2008. This wo | $45,000–$60,000 | $56,250 | -6% |
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2017-09-27 | Sotheby's | WHAT I WANT HISTORY TO DO TO ME | works on paper | $4,500–$6,000 | $15,000 | +150% |
| 2017-09-20 | Sotheby's | RESTRAINT | Etching with aquatint, 20 | $5,080–$7,620 | $6,745 | -11% | |
| 2017-09-19 | Phillips | Bureau of Refugees: July 26 Jno. Dunn be | cut black paper | $15,000–$22,500 | $20,000 | -11% | |
| 2017-07-25 | Phillips | Freedom, A Fable | Laser-cut paper pop-up bo | $1,350–$1,800 | $6,875 | +282% | |
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2017-07-11 | Christie's | Description/Atrocity/Witness/*yawn*/warn | paper cut-outs | $7,500–$11,250 | $50,000 | +344% |
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2017-07-11 | Christie's | Cotton | etching with aquatint, on | $1,500–$2,250 | $4,000 | +78% |
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2017-05-31 | Karl & Faber | The Bush. Skinny. De-boning | stainless steel with matt | $2,180–$2,180 | $6,178 | +183% |
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2017-05-21 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | The Emancipation Approximation | silkscreen on paper | $3,750–$5,250 | $7,500 | +43% |
| 2017-04-18 | Phillips | Untitled (Canisters) | The complete set of six e | $2,250–$3,750 | $4,625 | +23% | |
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2017-04-06 | Swann Galleries | Untitled | lithograph on wove paper | $3,000–$4,500 | $6,750 | +50% |
| 2017-02-28 | Phillips | Untitled | watercolor on paper, in 6 | $11,250–$15,000 | $15,000 | 0% | |
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2017-01-26 | Wright | Canisters | etched glass | $1,500–$2,250 | $7,500 | +233% |
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2017-01-26 | Wright | Boo Hoo , 2000 | linocut on Arches paper | $2,250–$3,750 | $3,328 | -11% |