Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. First edition. 205pp; color plates. Oblong 4to. Illustrated and blind-embossed white boards; no jacket as issued. Near fine, with a few light bumps to board edges, mild toning to edges of leaves.
First edition of this extensively illustrated catalog on the work of American artist Kara Walker (b. 1969), particularly the paper cutout silhouettes exploring Black history and identity, for which she is best known. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name, which debuted at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery in Saratoga Springs, New York, in January 2003. Edited by Ian Berry, Darby English, Vivian Patterson, and Mark Reinhardt, with essays by Darby English, Mark Reinhardt, Anne M. Wagner, and Michele Wallace, and writings by Walker selected by Ian Berry. Exhibition history, bibliography, checklist, and afterword at rear. This title reprinted by Rizzoli in 2007.
