%C2%A9 Kara Walker
Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, 1997
Offset lithographs and laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes, letterpress; bound volumeexpand_more
Gift of Evan M. Maurer in honor of Josie Johnsonexpand_more B.97.8
Not on Viewexpand_more
Kara Walker's cut-paper silhouette images, a technique quite popular in the 19th century for both portraiture and narrative illustrations, are bridges between the slavery folklore of the Antebellum South and the identity and gender issues that today concern modern African American women in particular.
Details
- Title
- Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times
- Artist Life
- born 1969
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- B.97.8
- Provenance
- The publisher, given to Maurer, 1997; Evan M. Maurer, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 1997.
- Curator Approved
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