Tar Beach 2
Datec. 1990
Artist
Faith Ringgold
(American painter and sculptor, 1930–2024)
MediumScreen print on silk with pieced fabric borders, quilted with fishing line
Dimensions66 × 66 in. (167.6 × 167.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marion Stroud, 2002
Object number2003-4
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ClassificationsTEXTILE
Label TextArtist and author Faith Ringgold creates painted story quilts, combining pictorial imagery with a traditional textile form. Tar Beach 2 tells the story of Cassie Louise Lightfoot, an eight-year-old girl who dreams of flying over her family's Harlem apartment building and throughout the rest of New York City. In 1991, Ringgold published an award-winning children's book, Tar Beach, based on this story.
