Created by
Woodruff, Hale, American, 1900 - 1980
Printed by
Blackburn, Robert, American, 1920 - 2003
Date
1931-1946; printed 1996
Medium
ink on Arches (TM) paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 6 1/2 × 8 15/16 in. (16.5 × 22.7 cm)
H x W (sheet): 19 1/16 × 15 in. (48.4 × 38.1 cm)
Description
A black-and-white linocut, Old Church, by Hale Woodruff, printed at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Shop, New York City, 1996. The print depicts a side view of an old wooden church with bell tower. The church sags at the roof and on its raised foundation, and is missing several pieces of its wooden siding. In the bottom margins is the edition, [78/100] at left and [© Hale Woodruff] at right. There are no markings on the reverse of the sheet.
Place collected
New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Edgar Thomas Williams, Jr. Collection
Portfolio/Series
Selections From the Atlanta Period
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
linocuts
Topic
Art
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Auldyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr. in memory of Robert Grayson ("Mickey") McGuire, III and his parents Eleanor Hackett McGuire and R.G. McGuire, Jr.
Object number
2015.145.1.2
Restrictions & Rights
© Artists Rights Society
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd534e3bf4e-02fe-46e9-a986-d9779b2d7cd2

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