© Hale Aspacio Woodruff / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / VAGA
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Selections from the Atlanta Period,
1931–46, printed 1996
Hale Aspacio Woodruff, 1900–1980; born Cairo, IL; died New York, NY
Printed at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York
Printed at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York
2012-2.1-.8
More Context
These graphic portrayals of tumbledown buildings belong to a large series of linocuts made by Hale Woodruff between 1931 and 1946, when he taught at Atlanta University and painted his celebrated Amistad Murals for Talladega College. Committed to documenting issues of poverty and segregation in the urban and rural South, Woodruff exploited the stark linearity of the linocut medium to stage expressive vignettes with African American protagonists, including churchgoing women, chain gang members, and lynching victims.
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Title
Selections from the Atlanta Period
Dates
1931–46, printed 1996
Maker
Medium
Linocuts on Thai Mulberry paper in dark blue linen covered portfolio
Dimensions
sheet (each): 48.2 x 38 cm. (19 x 14 15/16 in.)
mat (each): 40.6 x 50.8 cm. (16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of William J. Salman, Class of 1955
Object Number
2012-2.1-.8
Place Depicted
North America, United States, Georgia, Atlanta
Inscription
All prints numbered in graphite, lower left: 168/300
Marks/Labels/Seals
All prints blindstamp lower left: © Hale Woodruff
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