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The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin

Modern and Contemporary Art

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The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin

Artwork Details

Artist/Maker

Kara Walker
American, born 1969

Date

2015

Medium

Cut paper on wall

Accession #

2016.138

Dimensions

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Location

Currently Not on View

Description

Credit

Purchase with funds from wish Foundation, Revlon, the George Lucas Family Foundation, the Ford Motor Company, Ms. Louise S. Sams and Mr. Jerome Grilhot, Iris and Michael Smith, Robbie and D’Rita Robinson, Jiong Yan and Baxter Jones, Sarah Eby-Ebersole and Daniel Ebersole, Sara and Paul N. Steinfeld, Elizabeth and Chris Willett, Brooke and Roderick Edmond, Peggy Foreman, Friends of African American Art, and Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art

Image Copyright

(c) Kara Walker

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