Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book)

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Kara Walker
Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book)

1997
leather-bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut pop-up silhouettes on wove paper
9.5 h x 8.25 w x 0.875 d in (24 x 21 x 2 cm)

The present lot is being sold to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

This work is from the edition of 4000 published by the Peter Norton Christmas Project, Santa Monica. Sold with original packaging.

Literature: The Book as Art: Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Drucker and Wasserman, pg. 44

This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

Condition

Work is in good condition. Back cover with a shallow impression and book shows slight undulation due to moisture damage. Otherwise, work presents well.

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Kara Walker, Freedom: A Fable Bound (Pop-Up Book)

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