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Fairy Godmother Offers Some Unrequested Advice

A work made of watercolor and coffee, with brush and gouache, on off-white wove paper.

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  • A work made of watercolor and coffee, with brush and gouache, on off-white wove paper.

Date:

1998

Artist:

Kara Walker
American, born 1969

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Kara Walker

Title

Fairy Godmother Offers Some Unrequested Advice

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1998

Medium

Watercolor and coffee, with brush and gouache, on off-white wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed center left edge, in pen and black ink: "Fairy Godmother Offers Some Unrequested Advice"

Dimensions

133 × 229 cm (52 3/8 × 90 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Susan and Lew Manilow in honor of James Rondeau

Reference Number

2016.152

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