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HALE WOODRUFF (1900 - 1980) A Youth.
Linoleum cut on wove paper, 1934. 108x77 mm; 4 1/4x3 3/8 inches, wide margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. A later impression, printed in the 1970s.
In 1931, Hale Woodruff was hired by Dr. John Hope to found the art department of Atlanta University, teaching undergraduate students at Morehouse College and Spelman College. Between 1931 and the mid 1940s, he also created a series of linoleum block prints that showed the experiences of African Americans and scenes around Atlanta. Another impression of this scarce print, titled Georgia Youth, is in the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection and Foundation.
