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By Parties Unknown,
1931–46, printed 1996

Hale Aspacio Woodruff, 1900–1980; born Cairo, IL; died New York, NY
Printed at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York

2012-2.5

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By Parties Unknown, from the same series as Relics, on view nearby, depicts a limp body lying lifeless on the outdoor porch of a building. With the face obscured, this person is reduced to an anonymous Black man with a rope around his neck. The double doors remain shut, denying access to what lies beyond them. Thus, Woodruff emphasizes the otherness and social isolation that Black citizens face, as well as the violence that they must endure as they struggle to attain equality. Chelsea A. Peart, Class of 2020

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Online Collection Sets: African American Prints

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Title

By Parties Unknown

Dates

1931–46, printed 1996

Maker

Hale Aspacio Woodruff

Medium

Linocut

Dimensions

image: 30.3 x 22.6 cm. (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 48.2 x 38 cm. (19 x 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of William J. Salman, Class of 1955

Object Number

2012-2.5

Place Depicted

North America, United States, Georgia, Atlanta

Inscription

Numbered in graphite, lower left: 168/300

Marks/Labels/Seals

Blindstamp lower left: © Hale Woodruff

Culture

American

Type

prints, linocuts

Materials

printing ink, mulberry paper

Techniques

linoleum-block printing, mounting

Subject

stained glass windows, churches, racial discrimination, violence, chains, murders, prisoners, men, figures (representations), race (concept)

"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2012," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 71/72 (2012-13): p. 105-132., p. 123

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Hale Aspacio Woodruff (1900–1980; born Cairo, IL; died New York, NY), Printed at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, By Parties Unknown, 1931–46, printed 1996. Linocut; 30.3 x 22.6 cm (image), 48.2 x 38 cm (sheet). Museum purchase, gift of William J. Salman, Class of 1955 (2012-2.5)
Princeton University Art Museum.
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/62879

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