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): 11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (30.3 × 22.5 cm)
H x W (sheet): 19 × 14 15/16 in. (48.3 × 37.9 cm)
Description
A black-and-white linocut, By Parties Unknown, by Hale Woodruff, printed at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Shop in New York City, 1996. The print depicts the lynched body of a male figure, noose tied around his neck and hands bound behind his back, lain on the steps of a church. The wooden steps lead to the closed double doors of the church, which has a crumbling wooden façade and arched stained glass windows. In the bottom margins is the edition, [78/100] at left and [© Hale Woodruff] at right. There are no markings on the verso.
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
Lynching
Violence
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
2015.145.1.5
Restrictions & Rights
© Artists Rights Society
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f8061795-7207-494b-900d-08ebbc81105e

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