Photo of collection object Shadow puppet from Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good Intentions — Walker, Kara. Shadow puppet from Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good Intentions, 2004. Cut black paper with pencil, pressure-sensitive tape, metal fasteners, and synthetic polymer film on paperboard, 20 3/4 x 15" (52.7 x 38.1 cm) . The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift, 3349.2005. (Photo: MoMA)

MoMA

Shadow puppet from Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good Intentions

2004

Kara Walker

American, born 1969

Drawings & Prints

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Walker, Kara
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: Cut black paper with pencil, pressure-sensitive tape, metal fasteners, and synthetic polymer film on paperboard
Medium: cut, black, paper, pencil, pressure-sensitive, tape, metal, fasteners, synthetic, polymer, film, paperboard
Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 15" (52.7 x 38.1 cm)
Departments: Drawings & Prints
Accession Number: 3349.2005
Credit Line: The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift

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