Kara Walker

Negress Note (Aunt Dicey)
1996

A sketch of a figure wearing a large bonnet and a dress, sitting on a bench with one arm extended as if holding something. The text "AUNT DICEY DIPPED SNUFF" is written at the top in orange. The drawing is done in a loose, expressive style with orange lines on a white background.

A sketch of a figure wearing a large bonnet and a dress, sitting on a bench with one arm extended as if holding something. The text "AUNT DICEY DIPPED SNUFF" is written at the top in orange. The drawing is done in a loose, expressive style with orange lines on a white background.

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Date
1996

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 × 6in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm)

Accession number
2002.77

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Richard Gerrig and Timothy Peterson

Rights and reproductions
© 1996 Kara Walker

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