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Boo Hoo
200020th century
1016 x 521 mm (40 x 20.5 in.)
Kara Elizabeth Walker, American, b. born 1969
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Linocut
State:
Only state
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Edition:
Printer’s Proof 1 of 6 outside the edition of 70 for “Parkett” 59 (2000); printed by Derrière L’Etoile Studio (New York); published by Parkett (Zurich and New York)
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Kara Walker 2000”; inscribed, lower center: “Boo Hoo”
Credit Line:
Weedon Endowment funds, 2001
Accession Number:
2001.25.1
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
African American artists*,
animals*,
Bible,
Eve,
Old Testament,
race (concept)*,
religions,
reptiles,
silhouettes*,
slavery,
snakes
- African American artists - LC sh 85001794
- animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
- Bible
- Eve
- Old Testament
- race (concept) - Identification of a group of people as distinct from other groups on the basis of physical or socially defined characteristics, such as language. [May 1995 descriptor added.]
- religions
- reptiles
- silhouettes - Use for portraits cut from paper and mounted on a contrasting background; also, by extension, images showing no interior detail set against a contrasting background. [April 1991 descriptor moved; scope note changed.]
- slavery
- snakes
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 1016 x 521 mm (40 x 20.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
Kara Elizabeth Walker, American, b. born 1969 . Boo Hoo, 2000. Linocut. Only state. image : 1016 x 521 mm (40 x 20.5 in.). DAC accession number 2001.25.1. Weedon Endowment funds, 2001.