Li'l Patch of Woods
Kara Elizabeth Walker, American, born 1969
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
Research Area
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.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu