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Freedom, a Fable

1997
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Freedom, a Fable
  • Artist: Kara Walker (American, born Stockton, California, 1969)
  • Designer: David Eisen (American)
  • Binder: Roswell Book Binders (American, Pheonix, Arizona)
  • Publisher: Peter Norton Family Foundation
  • Date: 1997
  • Medium: Pop-up artist's book
  • Dimensions: 9 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (23.8 × 21.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Lin Lougheed Collection, Gift of Lin Lougheed, 2016
  • Object Number: 2016.587.32
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Kara Walker
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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