Harvard Art Museums > M24034: Old Church Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Old Church (Hale Woodruff) , M24034,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/195182. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M24034 People Hale Woodruff, American (Cairo Junction, Illinois 1900 - 1980 New York, New York) Title Old Church Other Titles Series/Book Title: Selections from the Atlanta Period Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1931-1946 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/195182 Physical Descriptions Medium Linocuts printed in black ink on white wove paper Technique Linocut Dimensions block: 16.5 x 22.7 cm (6 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History E. Thomas Williams, Jr., New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 18, 1998. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition posthumous (55/300) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E. Thomas Williams, Jr. (Design School Visiting Committee 1984-89) in honor of their daughters, Brooke Higgins Bing Williams, Harvard College 1988, and Eden Branford Bing Williams, Harvard College 1991 Copyright © Hale Woodruff / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1998 Object Number M24034 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Woodruff was an extremely influential African American artist in the 1930s-1950s, teaching generations of black artists at Atlanta University and then also teaching at New York University. He was an organizer and participant in important exhibitions of the work of black artists. As a painter and muralist, he served as a motivating example, at a time when few African Americans in this South were presenting themselves as creative artists in the mainstream of American, and even international art. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu