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Kara Walker
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Kara Walker
- Mastah's Done Gone
- each consecutively numbered '1 of 17' to '17 of 17' on the reverse
- paper cut-outs, in 17 parts
- Overall: 66 7/8 by 233 7/8 in. 170 by 594.3 cm.
- Executed in 1998.
Provenance
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
The CAP Collection (acquired from the above in 1998)
Christie's, London, June 20, 2007, lot 4
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
The CAP Collection (acquired from the above in 1998)
Christie's, London, June 20, 2007, lot 4
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exhibited
London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Arturo Herrera and Kara Walker, April - May 1998
Literature
Arlène Bonnant, CAP Collection, Switzerland, 2005, pp. 16, 19 & 285-287, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. Please note this work includes the original exhibition copy, the exhibition copy currently on display, the artist's template and a contract signed by the artist. In the process of installing and de-installing, the exhibition copy's adhesive may lose its strength. Replacement exhibition copies can be made and acquired when in possession of the contract signed by the artist, the original copy and the artist's templates.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
“I'm not really about blackness, per se, but about blackness and whiteness, and what they mean and how they interact with one another and what power is all about.” Kara Walker, 2009