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Kara Walker : a black hole is everything a star longs to be

Kara Walker American
Publisher JRP/ Ringier
2020
Not on view
On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Basel, June 5 - September 19, 2021; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, October 15, 2021 - January 16, 2022; De Pont Museum, Tilburg, February 19 - July 24, 2022

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  • Title: Kara Walker : a black hole is everything a star longs to be
  • Artist: Kara Walker (American, born Stockton, California, 1969)
  • Publisher: JRP/ Ringier
  • Editor: Anita Haldemann
  • Date: 2020
  • Geography: Geneva, Switzerland
  • Dimensions: 598 pages : many illustrations (chiefly color) ; Height: 11 in. (28 cm)
  • Object Number: C 005555
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Kara Walker
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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