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Hale Aspacio Woodruff's "By Parties Unknown" (1935)

This particular printing of Hale Aspacio Woodruff’s By Parties Unknown (1935) linocut was acquired by Ackland Art Museum in October of 2013. The sheet of paper it is printed on is 50 by 38 centimeters, while the block (where it is inked) is 30.5 by 23.3 cm. It deals with the theme of lynching and the hardships many African Americans experienced in the South in the 1930s.

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