DETAILS
- Artist
- Hale Woodruff
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 23 1/2 × 29 3/8 in. (59.7 × 74.6 cm)
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Credit line
- George A. Hearn Fund, 2015
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THE ARTIST
Hale Woodruff
Hale Woodruff, an influential American artist, dedicated his career to powerful murals, paintings, and prints that championed social advocacy and African American history.
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