Hale Woodruff and Robert Blackburn, The Printmaking Workshop

Blind Musician

1934

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Hale Woodruff and Robert Blackburn, The Printmaking Workshop

Blind Musician

Artist: Hale Woodruff
Printer/Publisher: Robert Blackburn, The Printmaking Workshop

Blind Musician

1934

Physical Qualities Woodcut, Sheet: 489 x 381 mm. (19 1/4 x 15 in.) Image: 152 x 102 mm. (6 x 4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Elnora, Inc. in Honor of E. Thomas Williams, Jr. and Auldlyn Higgins Williams, and in Memory of Dr. I. Bradshaw Higgins and Hilda Moseley Higgins

Object Number 2006.67

These four prints are from a series of works by Hale Woodruff that were reprinted in the 1990s by the master printer Robert Blackburn. Though his subject matter ranges widely, Woodruff frequently focused on scenes of everyday life, telling a social reality in small moments. He had a particular interest in exploring the topic of poverty faced by Black Americans in the southern United States. In "Coming Home", for example, a figure in heels and dress ascends the front steps of an unsteady house made of dramatic curves and angles.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; Elnora, Inc., Sag Harbour, New York

Morgan Dowty, BMA, "1939: Exhibiting Black Art at the BMA," June 13 - October 28, 2018.

Markings: Chopmark: Hale Woodruff