Walton Ford

Sharp Teeth
1989

A black and white graphic print titled "SHARP TEETH" featuring a stylized depiction of a man with pronounced muscles, holding a long staff, and standing in a field with large plants. Above and below the image is text that provides a narrative about a slave named Uncle Guinea George, including a quote from Emily Donelson Walton, dated 1837-1936, which describes George's claim of being a cannibal and his habit of leaving the plantation every spring.
A black and white graphic print titled "SHARP TEETH" featuring a stylized depiction of a man with pronounced muscles, holding a long staff, and standing in a field with large plants. Above and below the image is text that provides a narrative about a slave named Uncle Guinea George, including a quote from Emily Donelson Walton, dated 1837-1936, which describes George's claim of being a cannibal and his habit of leaving the plantation every spring.

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Date
1989

Classification
Prints

Medium
Linoleum cut and letterpress

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 1/8 × 19in. (66.4 × 48.3 cm) Image: 12 × 11 15/16in. (30.5 × 30.3 cm)

Accession number
99.67.1

Series
from suite of two prints, Six Fingers and Sharp Teeth

Edition
PP 2/2 | Ed. 100

Publication
Printed by Solo Press, Inc., New York; published by Walton Ford

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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