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U.S.A. Idioms by Kara Walker — VisualArtsDB

U.S.A. Idioms

U.S.A. Idioms

2017

Medium: Collage of Sumi ink and graphite on cut newsprint on gessoed white wove paper
Dimensions: 355.9 × 448.9 cm (140 1/8 × 176 3/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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