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To demand exactitude in the pursuit of a historical truth is to go where no mind can venture and return whole. The load is too large to carry, the losses too many and too varied. Truth will drain from your hands like so much water. Instead, you will find yourself drawing on tales from the past – historical accounts, novels and songs that compress shared memory – to make the bitter truth at least partly digestible. - Kara Walker
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Condition report
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The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.
The sheet is loose. There are soft minute abrasions to the extreme upper right and lower right corners only visible under raking light. There is a minute abrasion to the left figure's foot and a hairline fold to the extreme lower left horizontal edge measuring approximately 0.5cm. in length. Subject to the foregoing, it is our view that the work appears to be in very good condition.