Postcard and Stamp Edition

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Postcard and Stamp Edition

Entry/Object ID

2019.64

Description

Dark gray box that pulls out to reveal 16 black and white photography postcards. Each has The Crisis of Representation as Illustrated with Plants and Flowers in cursive print on the back.

Artwork Details

Medium

Cards in a handmade box

Context

This artwork was part of a exhibition at Fernwey Gallery and includes copies of postcards and stamp editions that Walker had collected and was in the process of moving to Los Angeles for his new position there.

Acquisition

Accession

2019.26-64, 72-78

Source or Donor

Browne Goodwin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Browne and Diane Goodwin

Made/Created

Artist

Hamza Walker

Date made

2016

Ethnography

Notes

American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Postcards

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Postcards

Height

6 in

Width

4 in

Dimension Notes

15.24 cm. x 10.61 cm.

Dimension Description

Box

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

4-9/16 in

Depth

13/16 in

Dimension Notes

17.14 cm. x 11.58 cm. x 2.06 cm.