KARA WALKER (B. 1969)

Lot 318
01.10.2024 13:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 318 | KARA WALKER (B. 1969)
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$ 30 000 – 50 000
KARA WALKER (B. 1969)
A Warm Summer Evening in 1863
signed 'Kara Walker' (on a fabric label stitched to the reverse)
wool tapestry with hand-cut felt
70 5/8 x 98 ½ in. (179.4 x 250.2 cm.)
Executed in 2008. This work is number three from an edition of five.




Provenance

The Rug Company LTD, London
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2008



Literature

R. Smith, "To a Tapestry's Warp and Weft, Add Vision and Craft," New York Times, January 2010, p. C1.
"First Major Museum For American Art Established In Almost A Half Century Opens," Antiques and The Arts Weekly, November 2011.
D. Kaufman, "Q & A With Rug Company Co-Founder Christopher Sharp," The Wall Street Journal, September 2013, digital (another example illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, James Cohan Gallery, Demons, yarns & tales: Tapestries by Contemporary Artists, January-February 2010 (another example exhibited).
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