Kara Walker

re-writing Black History, 400 years of bondage, 25 years of Boredom

1994

Dense black scribble fills the lower third of a mostly blank white page.
Dense black scribble fills the lower third of a mostly blank white page.

Kara Walker, re-writing Black History, 400 years of bondage, 25 years of Boredom, 1994. Brush and ink on paper, sheet: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 96.111. © 1994 Kara Walker

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Date
1994

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
96.111

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 1994 Kara Walker

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