Five Poems Artist: Kara Walker (American, born 1969)
Printer: Peter Koch (American, born 1943)
Author: Toni Morrison (American, 1931–2019)
Publisher: Rainmaker Editions (Las Vegas, Nev.)

2002

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Artist's book with letterpress and five relief prints

Dimensions

book: 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/2 in. (32.3 × 21.6 × 1.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane and Gerald Katcher, LL.B. 1950

Accession Number

2015.39.2

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Books

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ursus Rare Books purchase
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 69, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Kara Walker
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

artists' books, dissident art, histories (visual works), human figures (visual works), letterpress printing, literature (general genre), political art, relief printing

Subject

African American artists Women artists graphic design poetry race (concept) silhouettes slavery text typefaces words

Edition

52/399

Signed

Signed on colophon page by Kara Walker, Toni Morrison, and Peter Koch in a combination of ink, pen, and graphite

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