African Headdress
Hale Woodruff, American, 1900 - 1980
1935, printed 1996 (posthumously)
Linocut on wove Lana Royal Crown paper
36/300 (Estate edition, 1996)
Image: 5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in. (15 × 10 cm)
Sheet: 19 × 14 15/16 in. (48.2 × 38 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2015.11.2
Portfolio / Series Title
Selections from the Atlanta Period, 1931-1946
Printer
Robert Blackburn Workshop, New York (Rober Blackburn, American, 1920-2003)
Publisher
Elnora, Inc., Estate of Hall Woodruff
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right, in blind stamp: © Hale Woodruff; blind-stamped, lower left: [symbol for printer, Robert Blackburn]; numbered, in graphite, lower left: 36/300 Watermark lower left: PUR FIL; watermark lower right: LANA [crown]
Course History
AAAS 7.05, Imagining Black Freedom in America since the Civil War, Julie Rabig, Spring 2020
Provenance
Charles M. Young Fine Prints and Drawings, Portland, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 2015.
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