Kara Walker: Figa, The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2018, HC, New.

Joannou, Dakis, et al. Athens, The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2018. 

English, New, HC, 8vo, 9 3/4" x 6 3/4", 86 pp.

ISBN: 9786185039325

Black pictorial glossy paper over board, featuring wraparound image of stars in the sky and yellow line along top edge, white lettering to front and spine, slight cocking to spine, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block and endpapers. [9] 86 pp., 75 full-color and 21 black-and white images, Preface by Dakis Joannou, Introduction and Seven Fables by Kara Walker. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Figa" at the DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, in Hydra from June 20 to September 30, 2017. From the publisher's website: "Through extensive photographic documentation of the installation of the hand sculpture in Hydra by Ari Marcopoulos and seven fables written by Walker illustrating the power of folklore, mythology and black identity across the history of the United States, Figa in book form captures a blockbuster exhibition in two parts."