Artist Monograph

Kara Walker, American

American, born 1969

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 26 29.5%
Lithography 20 22.7%
Screenprint 16 18.2%
Etching 12 13.6%
Drawing 7 8%
Watercolor 3 3.4%
Gouache 1 1.1%
Printmaking 1 1.1%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 83 94.3%
Painting & Sculpture 4 4.5%
Media and Performance 1 1.1%

Production by Decade

22
1990s
31
2000s
33
2010s
2
2020s

Classification Types

  • Print — 35
  • Illustrated Book — 24
  • Drawing — 23
  • Sculpture — 3
  • Installation — 1
  • Multiple — 1
  • Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)2529.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)4552.9%
Large (1–3 m)1315.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)22.4%

Range: 15.2 cm → 1,524.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19974
19981
19991
20001
200112
200521
20063
20071
20107
20111
20126
20141
20154
201619
20181
20222
20253

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas