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Kara Walker - African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasses and Brown Sugar

Kara Walker

African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasses and Brown Sugar

Found at Phillips, London Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 130
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2023
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
cast pigmented polyester resin with polyurethane coating with molasses and brown sugar
151.9 x 84.5 x 89.6 cm (59 3/4 x 33 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2014, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 55 %.

The work African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasses and Brown Sugar by Kara Walker was auctioned at Phillips in London in October this year. It achieved a price of GBP 139,700.00 (€ 160,414.41), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 55%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kara Walker - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Negress Notes, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 529,200.00 (€ 493,150.68).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 55 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit African Boy Attendant Curio with Molasses and Brown Sugar von Kara Walker kam im Oktober diesen Jahres bei Phillips in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 139.700,00 (€ 160.414,41) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 55%. Für andere Arbeiten von Kara Walker mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Negress Notes beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 529.200,00 (€ 493.150,68) versteigert wurde.

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