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Selections from the Collection of Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson
KARA WALKER (B. 1969)
A Warm Summer Evening in 1863
Details
KARA WALKER (B. 1969)
A Warm Summer Evening in 1863
signed 'Kara Walker' (on a fabric label stitched to the reverse)
wool tapestry with hand-cut felt
70 5⁄8 x 98 ½ in. (179.4 x 250.2 cm.)
Executed in 2008. This work is number three from an edition of five.
A Warm Summer Evening in 1863
signed 'Kara Walker' (on a fabric label stitched to the reverse)
wool tapestry with hand-cut felt
70 5⁄8 x 98 ½ in. (179.4 x 250.2 cm.)
Executed in 2008. This work is number three from an edition of five.
Provenance
The Rug Company LTD, London
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2008
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2008
Literature
R. Smith, "To a Tapestry's Warp and Weft, Add Vision and Craft," New York Times, January 2010, p. C1.
"First Major Museum For American Art Established In Almost A Half Century Opens," Antiques and The Arts Weekly, November 2011.
D. Kaufman, "Q & A With Rug Company Co-Founder Christopher Sharp," The Wall Street Journal, September 2013, digital (another example illustrated).
"First Major Museum For American Art Established In Almost A Half Century Opens," Antiques and The Arts Weekly, November 2011.
D. Kaufman, "Q & A With Rug Company Co-Founder Christopher Sharp," The Wall Street Journal, September 2013, digital (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
London, The Dairy; Miami, The Loft and New York, James Cohan Gallery, Demons, yarns & tales: Tapestries by Contemporary Artists, November 2008-February 2010, pp. 18-20 (another example exhibited).