id:			161333
accession number:	1999.93.d
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.93.d
updated:		2024-04-16 11:02:57.600000

The Means to an End...A Shadow Drama in Five Acts: The Plunge, 1995. Kara Walker (American, b. 1969), Landfall Press. Etching and aquatint; sheet: 88 x 59.2 cm (34 5/8 x 23 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1999.93.d © Kara Walker

title:				The Means to an End...A Shadow Drama in Five Acts: The Plunge
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creation date:			1995
creation date earliest:		1995
creation date latest:		1995
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Kara Walker

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Kara Walker (American, b. 1969)  - artist

* Landfall Press  - published by

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measurements: Sheet: 88 x 59.2 cm (34 5/8 x 23 5/16 in.)
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edition of the work: 	20

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	description:	Somerset Satin wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Titled and initialed in graphite along upper edge
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper
	opening date:   2023-11-19T05:00:00
	<i>New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2023-April 14, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 229): May 5, 2009 - September 11, 2009.', 'opening_date': '2009-05-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (1/26/2014 - 5/18/2014); "Our Stories: African American Prints and Drawings"', 'opening_date': '2014-01-26T00:00:00'}

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