Kara Walker
Cotton

Cotton

© Kara Walker

Cotton
Cotton
ArtistAmerican, born 1969
Print studioChicago
PublisherChicago
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cotton
Date1997
Printed inChicago, Illinois, United States
Published inChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumEtching and aquatint with spitbite, printed chine collé, on wove paper, edition 17/35
DimensionsPlate: 11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.2 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/4 × 14 5/8 in. (46.3 × 37.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joe and Aggie Foster
Object number2015.286
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, left: 17/35
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below image, right: KW 97
Verso: Inscribed in white printed ink, bottom left corner: COPYRIGHT 1997 / LANDFALL PRESS INC. / 329 W. 18TH STREET / SUITE 601 / CHICAGO, IL 60616
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: KW-96-05 A
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below image, right: KW 97

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