Vanishing Act
Kara Walker
Contemporary Art
Employing the traditional print medium of etching (most often associated with European masters such as Rembrandt), the contemporary African American artist Kara Walker loads images of the Civil War era with grotesque stereotypes and elements of violence and sexuality. By doing so, Walker challenges heroic Civil War narratives and forces the viewer to confront the dishonesty of sanitized accounts of historical race relations.
MEDIUM
Ink etching and aquatint on paper
DATES
1997
DIMENSIONS
sheet: 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm)
image: 11 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (29.8 x 22.4 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right in pencil: "KW 97"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed lower left in pencil: "30/35"; inscribed verso: "copyright 1997 Landfall Press, Inc. 329 W 18th Street, Suite 601, Chicago, IL 6061 KW-96-05-C"
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1997.80.1
CREDIT LINE
Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Kara Walker (American, born 1969). Vanishing Act, 1997. Ink etching and aquatint on paper, sheet: 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1997.80.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.80.1_PS1.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 30/35
IMAGE
overall, 1997.80.1_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© Kara Walker
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