Object number2009.25.2
Testimony
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the Testimony suite
Date2005
Artist
Kara Walker
(American, born 1969)
CultureAmerican
MediumPhotogravure on Hahnemühle paper
EditionEdition 15 of 40, plus 6 artist's proofs
DimensionsPlate: 16 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (41.3 x 55.2 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (56.5 x 78.1 cm)
Matted: 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (56.5 x 78.1 cm)
Matted: 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, initialed lower right margin corner in pencil: KW
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin corner in pencil: 2005; lower left margin corner: 15/40
MarkingsOn recto, Lower East Side Print Shop blind stamp lower left margin corner: [an arm with a sleeve rolled up with the hand on a print roller]
ProvenancePurchased from Swann Auction Galleries, Photographs & Photographic Literature, October 22, 2009, lot 326Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryKara Walker's Testimony, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 30 - December 22, 2023DescriptionBlack and white image of a film still depicting the partial silhouette of a two figures with their lips barely touching.
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Vito Acconci
2001
Culture: American
Su-en Wong
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