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Kara Walker, The Emancipation Approximation (Scene 18), 2000

Kara Walker b. 1969

The Emancipation Approximation (Scene 18), 2000

Color screenprint

44 x 34 in.
111.8 x 86.4 cm

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Black, white, and gray print depicting a black silhouette of a woman in slave dress carrying a white silhouette of a woman in antebellum dress.

Provenance

Swann Auction

Exhibitions

"Healing Through the Preservation of our Histories and Our Selves", University of Mary Washington. Dates: Jan 27, 2022 - Mar 24, 2022.

"Perspective on the Past: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Barbara Crawford Gallery, Chestnut Hill Academy. Dates: Jan 05, 2024 - Mar 08, 2024.

"Figures & Projections", Kutztown University. Dates: Oct 28, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021.

"Tangible Spirit", Art Center at Orange. Dates: Feb 07, 2019 - Mar 28, 2019.

"Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: Jan 28, 2017 - Jun 18, 2017.

Publications

1. Multiple Contributors, (2021), "FIGURES AND PROJECTIONS: Selected Works from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Kutztown University - Figures and Projections, Catalog, Kutztown University, Miller Gallery, Kutztown, PA, Dan Haxall and Karen Stanford, https://issuu.com/millerku/docs/pff_at_ku 2. Multiple Contributors, (2021), "Healing Through the Preservation of Our Histories and Our Selves", University of Mary Washington - Healing, Catalog, UMW Galleries, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, John McMillan and Ashe Laughlin 3. Berrisford Boothe, Moe Brooker, Brian Ferriso, James G. Petrucci, (2017), "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art", Portland Art Museum – Constructing Identity, Catalog, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Gretchen Dykstra

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