Created by
Woodruff, Hale, American, 1900 - 1980
Printed by
Blackburn, Robert, American, 1920 - 2003
Published by
Blackburn, Robert, American, 1920 - 2003
Date
1931-1946; printed 1996
Medium
ink on cotton with cardboard
Dimensions
H x W (image): 6 × 4 1/16 in. (15.3 × 10.3 cm)
H x W (sheet): 18 15/16 × 15 1/16 in. (48.1 × 38.3 cm)
Description
A custom designed, dark blue, cloth folio for Hale Woodruff's eight-piece linocut series, Selections from the Atlanta Period, 1931-1946. On the top flap of the front of the square tri-folding hardback is a silver color imprint reading, “HALE / WOODRUFF”, with a thin silver rectangular border. A tiny white label in the top left corner of the folio’s flap has an inscription of the edition number, “78/300”. The interior is white hard paper and there are two narrow inward folding side flaps, and one wide bottom flap with two fitting slots. There are no markings on the reverse of the folio.
Place collected
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
folios (leaves)
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
2015.145.1.9
Restrictions & Rights
© Artists Rights Society
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56e8cb4c5-010f-49b3-a116-ed2bfb543ce7

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