The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Cotton

Cotton

1997
(American, b. 1969)
America, 20th century
etching and aquatint with spitbite, printed chine collé, on white wove paper
Platemark: 30 x 22.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 46.3 x 37.4 cm (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2018.210
© Kara Walker
Location: not on view

Description

Since the early 1990s, Kara Walker has explored issues of race, gender, and power throughout American history—especially the antebellum South. This print is one of many works in which she referenced silhouettes, a traditional art form during the 19th century. With violence that contrasts the medium’s gentility, a woman falls into a massive basket of cotton bolls, commenting on the violence inflicted upon African slaves.
  • Charles M. Young Fine Prints, Portland, CT
    September 4, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-June 19, 2022).
  • {{cite web|title=Cotton|url=false|author=Kara Walker, Landfall Press|year=1997|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.210