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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.220
People
Kara Walker, American (Stockton, California born 1969)
Title
U.S.A. Idioms
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
2017
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Collage of Sumi ink and graphite on cut newsprint on gessoed white wove paper
Dimensions
355.9 × 448.9 cm (140 1/8 × 176 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On verso: Kara Walker 2017

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Kara Walker
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.220
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein, "New Work by Kara Walker at Harvard Art Museums", The Boston Globe (Boston, 2017), p. B16, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/25/2019 - 10/08/2019

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