Five black silhouette panels show adults and children interacting, including riding a goat and dancing.

Prints

A Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts

1995

Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
See components
Accession number
96.72a-e
Acquired
1996
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee
Reproduction credit
© 2000 Kara Walker
Edition
2/20 | 5 APs, 2 PPs, 3 TPs, RTP, 1 C, 1 Copyright proof, 5 Subscriber's proof, 2 Landfall Press impressions
Publication
Printed and published by Landfall Press, Inc.
Department
collection

About this work

Kara Walker, A Means to An End... A Shadow Drama in Five Acts, 1995. Etching and aquatint, see components. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 96.72a-e. © 2000 Kara Walker

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