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Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo

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The African Headdress

1935 (printed 1996)
20th century
156 x 102 mm (6.1 x 4 in.)

Hale Aspacio Woodruff, American, (1900–1980)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Linocut on medium-weight cream Lana wove paper

Series: from portfolio Selections from the Atlanta Period, 1931–1946

Edition: Number 201 from edition of 300 for the portfolio of eight linocuts, “Hale Woodruff: Selections from the Atlanta Period, 1931–1946”; printed by Robert Blackburn, published by Elnora Inc., Estate of Hale Woodruff

Marks: Blindstamp, lower left: [symbol]; blindstamp, lower right: “© Hale Woodruff”

Marks: Watermark: PUR FIL LANA [crown]

Bibliography: See Amalia K. Amaki and Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Hale Woodruff, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and the Academy (Atlanta: Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, and Seattle: in association with University of Washington Press, 2007)

Credit Line: Hoy Family Afro-American Visual Arts Fund, 2013

Accession Number: 2013.11.3

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Africa*, African American artists*, African American culture, African American Studies, headdresses*

Africa - TGN 7001242
African American artists - LC sh 85001794
African American culture
African American Studies
headdresses - Elaborate coverings or objects for the head, especially those worn for ceremonial or ornamental purposes.

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image Dimensions: 156 x 102 mm (6.1 x 4 in.)

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Hale Aspacio Woodruff, American, (1900–1980) . The African Headdress, 1935 (printed 1996). From Selections from the Atlanta Period, 1931–1946. Linocut on medium-weight cream Lana wove paper. image : 156 x 102 mm (6.1 x 4 in.). Sheet : 480 x 378 mm (18.9 x 14.9 in.). DAC accession number 2013.11.3. Hoy Family Afro-American Visual Arts Fund, 2013. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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