Li'l Patch of Woods

Kara Elizabeth Walker, American, born 1969

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1997

Etching and aquatint on chine collé on medium weight white wove paper

21/35

Plate: 12 × 8 7/8 in. (30.5 × 22.6 cm)

Sheet: 17 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (45.6 × 38 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Melville Straus, Class of 1960

© Kara Elizabeth Walker

PR.2003.37

Printer

Steven B. Campbell

Publisher

Landfall Press, Chicago, Illinois

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Initialled and dated, in graphite, lower right: KW97; numbered, in graphite, lower left: 21/35; stamped, on reverse, lower left, in beige ink: COPYRIGHT 1997 / LANDFALL PRESS inc. / 329 W. 18th STREET / SUITE 601 / CHICAGO, IL 60616; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: KW-96-05 B

Course History

HIST 16, AAAS 12, Black America to the Civil War, Rashauna Chenault, Winter 2013

SART 27, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Louise Hamlin, Spring 2012

SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2013

WGST 80, Feminist Theory and Methodology, Jennifer Fluri, Fall 2012

SART 27, SART 28, SART 74, Printmaking I, II, III, Louise Hamlin, Spring 2013

SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2012

SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I-Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2014

SART 27, SART 28, SART 74, Printmaking I, Printmaking II, Printmaking III, Louise Hamlin, Spring 2014

ARTH 71, The "American Century": Modern Art in the United States, Mary Coffey, Winter 2015

ARTH 71, The "American Century": Modern Art in the United States. Mary Coffey, Winter 2015

SART 27, 28, 74, Printmaking I-Intaglio, II, III, Ariel Frieberg, Spring 2015

SART 15, Drawing I, Viktor Witkowski, Winter 2019

AAAS 67.5, GEOG 21.01, Black Consciousness and Black Feminisms, Abigail Neely, Winter 2019

SART 15.01, Drawing I, Viktor Witkowski, Winter 2020

AAAS 88.19, Contemporary African-American Artists, Michael Chaney, Summer 2021

SART 27/28/74, Printmaking I/II/III, Jennifer Caine, Winter 2022

Studio Art 27.01/28.01/74.01, Printmaking I/II/III, Jen Caine, Winter 2023

Studio Art 15.02, Drawing I, Daniele Genadry, Summer 2023

Latino Studies 7.01, Science Fictions of Color, Marcela Di Blasi, Winter 2024

Studio Art 27.01, Studio Art 28.01, Studio Art 74.01, Printmaking I, II, III, Jen Caine, Winter 2024

Studio Art 15.02, Drawing I, Viktor Witkowski, Summer 2024

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 20, Broken Bodies: Icons of Sexual Violence, Risa Needleman, Class of 2004, Curatorial Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 25-July 18, 2004.

Art and/as Violence, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 12, 2006-March 11, 2007.

Publication History

Risa Needleman, A Space for Dialogue 20, Broken Bodies: Icons of Sexual Violence, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2004, ill. p. 1.

Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009 p.186, no.197.

Provenance

Charles M. Young, Fine Prints & Drawings, Glastonbury, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 2003.

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