A young girl reaches toward a limp, rope-tied figure hanging from a tree branch while heads dangle below.

Prints

Sketch for a Fabulous Tale

2011

Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm) Image: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Accession number
2015.324.5
Acquired
2015
Credit line
Gift of Donald Moffett
Reproduction credit
© Kara Walker
Edition
1/30 | 6 APs
Publication
Printed by Rob Swainston; published by Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Department
collection

About this work

Kara Walker, Sketch for a Fabulous Tale, 2011. Lithograph, sheet: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm) Image: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Donald Moffett 2015.324.5. © Kara Walker

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