id: 287051 accession number: 2016.54 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.54 updated: 2025-06-15 11:01:35.641000 The Republic of New Afrika at a Crossroads, 2016. Kara Walker (American, b. 1969). Raw pigment and watercolor medium, graphite, and (paper) collage on paper; overall: 287 x 532.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 209 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); left: 287 x 264.8 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.); right: 287 x 266.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2016.54. © Kara Walker title: The Republic of New Afrika at a Crossroads title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 2016 creation date earliest: 2016 creation date latest: 2016 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: © Kara Walker --- culture: America technique: Raw pigment and watercolor medium, graphite, and (paper) collage on paper department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 287 x 532.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 209 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); Left: 287 x 264.8 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Right: 287 x 266.1 x 8.3 cm (113 x 104 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed, recto translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker, New Work opening date: 2016-09-10T04:00:00 The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker, New Work. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-December 31, 2016). title: Stories from Storage opening date: 2021-02-06T05:00:00 Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker, New Work. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 10 – December 31, 2016).', 'opening_date': '2016-12-31T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Collection of the artist date: 2016 footnotes: citations: (Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2016 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2016- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Rutland, Beau. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: Contemporary Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 8-11. page number: Reproduced: P. 8-9; Mentioned: P. 7, 10. url: Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 100-101, no. 15; mentioned: P. 93 url: Griswold, William M. and Key, Jo Lee. “Trauma and Transformation.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 6-7. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 6-7. url: --- IMAGES