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Five Poems

2002
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Five Poems
  • Author: Toni Morrison (American, 1931–2019)
  • Artist: Kara Walker (American, born Stockton, California, 1969)
  • Publisher: Rainmaker Editions (Las Vegas)
  • Printer: Peter Koch Printers
  • Date: 2002
  • Medium: Illustrated book with five letterpress silhouettes
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (32 × 21 cm)
    Plate: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Mary Martin Fund, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.392.1–.10
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Kara Walker
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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