African/American
- Artist
- Kara Walker, American, born 1969
- Date
- 1998
- Material
- Linocut
- made in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Prints
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 46 x 60 1/2 in. (116.8 x 153.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Minority Artists Purchase Fund
- Rights
- © Kara Walker
- Object Number
- 161:1998
NOTES
The shadow-like profile of a female figure with tattered loincloth tumbles through an undefined white space. Kara Walker’s use of flat, black forms references the art of cut-paper silhouettes—a popular hobby in 19th-century households. The pairing of this genteel art form with disturbing imagery produces a forceful picture that finds tension between the playful feeling of the silhouette and unsettling details found within.