KARA WALKER
Porgy & Bess (The
libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin), artist’book including a
suite of 4 lithographs.
Artist’book, with 16 lithographs by Kara Walker, edition of 400 numbered copies,
Quarto, 12 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches, 136 pages, signed by the artist. Bound with red
leather spine and printed cotton sides, in slipcase
A suite of 4 lithographs, printed on Somerset paper, different from the images
in the book, each 18 x 15 inches, edition 40, signed and numbered by the artist.
$ 11.750,-
one of the pages from the artist'book
one of the pages from the artist'book
images (details) from the suite of 4 litographs
images (details) from the suite of 4 litographs
images (details) from the suite of 4 litographs
Porgy & Bess has been controversial since its premiere in
1935; Kara Walker is known for her controversial art on themes of race,
violence, and American history.
In her Artist’s Statement, she says of the characters: “they’ve become
archetypes of another no less grand drama, that of: ‘American Negroes drawn up
by white authors, and retooled by individual actors, amid charges of racism, and
counter charges of high-art on stage and screen, in the face of social and
political upheaval, over generations.”
This fraught status, along with memories of her mother’s reaction to a cast
recording, led her to render them in a straightforward way, “…more an homage to
the feeling of the music. And to that feeling I had as a child of a heavy
atmosphere hanging around a timeless act of love.”
Banks's
Army Leaving Simmsport
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detail
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We can offer also a Wall
painting installation by KARA WALKER. About this work: please contact us for
images, availability, price and other information.