Silhouette
Artist
Kara Walker
(American, born 1969)
Date1998
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 24 × 18 inches (60.96 × 45.72 cm)
Framed: 29 × 23 × 2 inches (73.66 × 58.42 × 5.08 cm)
Framed: 29 × 23 × 2 inches (73.66 × 58.42 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ms. Margo McKinnon & Mr. Thomas Cohen
Object number2017.35
SignedInitialed upper right
Edition/State/ProofAP7, ed. of 70
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIn this silhouette (cut-out) style image, a woman stoops over a decapitated head. Her small figural form is overwhelmed by large, ominous dark clouds above.Copyright© Kara Walker
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Kara Walker
2005
2010.41
