Artist
Kara Walker(American, born 1969)American, born 1969
Publisher
Sikkema Jenkins & Co.(New York)New York
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Crest of Pine Mountain, Where General Polk Fell
- from the series Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Date2005
MediumLithograph and screenprint on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 39 × 53 in. (99.1 × 134.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael A. Caddell and Cynthia Chapman, Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy, the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund, Melissa and Albert Joseph Grobmyer IV, and Puffer-Sweiven, L.P.
Object number2006.646.14
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 24–May 23, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, recto lower right: " 11/35 K W 2005 "
Initialed in pencil, recto lower right: edition " K W " dated
Printed lower center below the image: "CREST OF PINE MOUNTAIN, WHERE GENERAL POLK FELL."
Yellow circular stamp(printer's?) on verso lower right - image or lettering is illegible.
Yellow circular stamp(printer's?) on verso lower right - image or lettering is illegible.
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Kara Walker
2005
Lithograph and screenprint on wove paper
2006.646.1
