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Making History Visible: Of American Myths and National Heroes: Princeton University Art Museum

Past PFF Exhibitions exhibition
26 September 2017 - 17 January 2018
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kara Walker, No World, 2010
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kara Walker, No World, 2010

Kara Walker b. 1969

No World, 2010
Etching with aquatint
30 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.
76.8 x 99.9 cm
3 of 25
© Kara Walker, Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
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Seascape depicting god-like hands lifting slave ship from the water, with a figure drowning and two silhoutted figures on the shoreline.
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Provenance

Goya Contemporary

Exhibitions

"Perspective on the Past: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Barbara Crawford Gallery, Chestnut Hill Academy. Dates: Jan 5, 2025 - Mar 8, 2024

"An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Allentown Art Museum. Dates: Jun 2, 2019 - Jan 9, 2020

"Making History Visible: Of American Myths and National Heroes", Princeton University Art Museum. Dates: Sep 26, 2017 - Jan 17, 2018

"Identities: African American Art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection", Gettysburg College - Schmucker Art Gallery. Dates: Jan 23, 2015 - Mar 7, 2015
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