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Artist:
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Kara Walker
Peter Norton Family, Pasadena, California
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Title:
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Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times
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Date:
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1997
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Medium:
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Bound volume of offset lithographs and laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes; letterpress
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Dimensions:
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9 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (23.5 x 20.96 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Evan M. Maurer in honor of Josie Johnson
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Location:
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Gallery 374
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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.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Walker, Kara
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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(American, born 1969)
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Name:
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Peter Norton Family, Pasadena, California
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Role:
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Publisher
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Books
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Physical Description:
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Pop-up silhouette book; binding: maroon buckram covers
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, , ,
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Edition:
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Edition of 4,000
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Accession #:
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B.97.8
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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