Lot 156 · Contemporary Art Day Sale
Bureau of Refugees: July 26 Jno. Dunn beat freedwoman severely, trial a farce
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York · 14 November 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-281567
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Kara Walker, Bureau of Refugees: July 26 Jno. Dunn beat freedwoman severely, trial a farce. Phillips, 14 Nov 2014, lot 156. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-281567.
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Kara Walker, Bureau of Refugees: July 26 Jno. Dunn beat freedwoman severely, trial a farce. Phillips, 14 Nov 2014, lot 156. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-281567.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Sale · Nov 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Some Other Way of Counting III | Nathan Hylden | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Toro #6 | Fredrik Værslev | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Untitled | Kaari Upson | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Seeing the Future (Blue Sweater) | Dana Schutz | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Untitled (Polici Auto Auction) | Mark Bradford | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Touch me with your greasy hands | Oscar Murillo | $150,000–$200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Walker | ...calling to me from the angry surface of some grey and thr | $64,500 | Phillips, Sep 2025 | |
| Kara Walker | A Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts (L. P. p. 2 | Phillips, Apr 2021 | ||
| Kara Walker | Burning African Village Play Set with Big House and Lynching | Phillips, Nov 2024 | ||
| Kara Walker | The Means to an End...A Shadow Drama in Five Acts | Phillips, Oct 2014 | ||
| Kara Walker | Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) (15 | Bonhams, May 2023 | ||
| Kara Walker | Forging Freedoms | Phillips, Mar 2020 | ||
| Kara Walker | A Warm Summer Evening in 1863 | Christie's, Sep 2017 | ||
| Kara Walker | Untitled | Phillips, Sep 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.