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Cotton

A work made of etching, aquatint, and spitbite in black on ivory china paper laid down on white wove paper (chine collé).

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  • A work made of etching, aquatint, and spitbite in black on ivory china paper laid down on white wove paper (chine collé).

Date:

1997

Artist:

Kara Walker (American, born 1969)
printed by Landfall Press (American, founded 1970)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Kara Walker

Title

Cotton

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1997

Medium

Etching, aquatint, and spitbite in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Plate: 30 × 22.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 46.5 × 37.2 cm (18 5/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Kaye and Howard Haas

Reference Number

1998.90

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