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Black Is Beautiful
Black Is Beautiful

Black Is Beautiful

Artist (American, 1915 – 2012)
Date1968
Period20th century
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsImage size: 7 1/2 × 11 inches
Object size: 13 1/8 × 19 3/4 inches
Mat size: 16 × 20 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Reva B. Seybolt ’72 Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2018.042
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
Copyright© Catlett Mora Family Trust / licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
_Place of OriginUnited States
Image Not Available for Freedom: A fable by Kara Elizabeth Walker. A curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times., Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1997
Freedom: A fable by Kara Elizabeth Walker. A curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times., Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1997
Kara Elizabeth Walker
1997
Object number: SC 1998.05
Des mères de famille!, plate IV: Paul! mon ami! me prendriez-vous pour une femme légère?, published in Le Charivari
Des mères de famille!, plate IV: Paul! mon ami! me prendriez-vous pour une femme légère?, published in Le Charivari
Paul Gavarni
January 18, 1848
Object number: 1981.032
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.09
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.03
Image Not Available for Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Scene of McPherson’s Death. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.01
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Occupation of Alexandria. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.04
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Cotton Hoards in Southern Swamp. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.05
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Confederate Prisoners Being Conducted from Jonesborough to Atlanta. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.06
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Banks's Army Leaving Simmsport. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.07
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Crest of Pine Mountain, where General Polk Fell. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.08
Photo: Jonathan Blake, Vermont
Pack-Mules in the Mountains. from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Kara Elizabeth Walker
2005
Object number: 2008.015.10