Cotton

1997 Platemark: 30 x 22.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 46.3 x 37.4 cm (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.210

Since the early 1990s, Kara Walker has explored issues of race, gender, and power throughout American history—especially the antebellum South. This print is one of many works in which she referenced silhouettes, a traditional art form during the 19th century. With violence tha...

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