Kara Walker

American (Stockton, California, 1969)

No mere words can Adequately reflect the Remorse this Negress feels at having been Cast into such a lowly state by her former Masters and so it is with a Humble heart that she brings about their physical Ruin and earthly Demise

1999
installation | cut paper and adhesive
Not currently on view in the museum
No mere words can Adequately reflect the Remorse this Negress feels ...
132 in. x 780 in. (335.28 cm x 1981.2 cm)
Acquired 2000
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Shawn and Brook Byers
© Kara Walker
2000.306.1-2
Keywords

silhouettes, African Americans, women, men, children, boys, girls, birds, waterfowl, firearms


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