By Parties Unknown
Artist
Hale Aspacio Woodruff
(American, 1900-1980)
Printer
Robert Hamilton Blackburn
(American, 1920-2003)
CultureAmerican
Datec. 1935, printed 1996
MediumLinocut
Dimensionsimage: 11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. (30.3 x 22.5 cm)
block: 12 x 9 3/16 in. (30.5 x 23.3 cm)
sheet: 19 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (50 x 38 cm)
block: 12 x 9 3/16 in. (30.5 x 23.3 cm)
sheet: 19 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (50 x 38 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineGift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr. of Sag Harbor, NY in memory of Vivian Giles Chambers and Julius Le Vonne Chambers
Object number2013.23.2
DescriptionOne of eight (8) linocuts from the portfolio titled "Hale Woodruff".Aftermath of a lynching; body of a hanged black man lies on the steps of a small, dilapidated frame church, presumably an African American church.
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