Crest of Pine Mountain, Where General Polk Fell, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

Kara Walker, Crest of Pine Mountain, Where General Polk Fell, from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), 2005, offset lithograph and screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2008.19.1.7, © 2005 Kara Walker
Kara Walker, Crest of Pine Mountain, Where General Polk Fell, from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), 2005, offset lithograph and screenprint on paper, 3953 in. (99.1134.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2008.19.1.7, © 2005 Kara Walker

Artwork Details

Title
Crest of Pine Mountain, Where General Polk Fell, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
Artist
Printer
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University
Publisher
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University
Date
2005
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3953 in. (99.1134.6 cm)
Copyright
© 2005 Kara Walker
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
offset lithograph and screenprint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — nude
  • Figure group
  • African American
  • Object — weapon — axe
  • History — United States — Civil War
Object Number
2008.19.1.7

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Edward Kemeys, Grizzly Bear at Bay, 1871-1885, painted plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1895.10.3
Grizzly Bear at Bay
Date1871-1885
painted plaster
On view
Edward Kemeys, Buffalo and Wolves, 1876, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of J. Willis Johnson, 1984.141.2
Buffalo and Wolves
Date1876
bronze
On view
Edward Kemeys, Prairie Chicken, ca. 1870s, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charlotte J. Patterson and Herbert L. Patterson in memory of Elizabeth Z. Patterson, 2002.78
Prairie Chicken
Dateca. 1870s
bronze
Not on view
Edward Kemeys, Small Panther Lying Down, ca. 1870-1907, plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of J. Willis Johnson, 1984.141.12
Small Panther Lying Down
Dateca. 1870-1907
plaster
Not on view

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