Kara Walker

Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) (15 works)

Found at Bonhams
Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples, Lot 7
9. May - 9. May 2023
Estimate: 80.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 94.875 USD
Property from the Collection of Richard Harris
Kara Walker (born 1969)
Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) (15 works), 2005
The complete set comprising 15 offset lithographs and screenprints on Somerset Textured paper, each initialed in pencil, dated and numbered 19/35 (there were also 10 artist's proofs sets), each with the inkstamp of the publisher LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York on the reverse, each the full sheet, each framed. (15 works)
each sheet 38 3/4 x 52 3/4in (98.4 x 134cm)

Auction result well in line with expectations

In May this year Bonhams held the auction Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples, which included the work Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) (15 works) by Kara Walker. The price achieved of USD 94,875.00 (€ 89,051.06) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 80,000.00 – 100,000.00. Admittedly, works by Kara Walker have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Negress Notes in May last year with an auction result of USD 529,200.00 (€ 493,150.68).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Bonhams die Auktion Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples durch, in der auch die Arbeit Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) (15 works) von Kara Walker zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 94.875,00 (€ 89.051,06) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 80.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Kara Walker auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Negress Notes im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 529.200,00 (€ 493.150,68).

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