Poor Man's Cotton

Artist Hale A. Woodruff (American, 1900 - 1980)

Date1944

DimensionsFramed: H 35 7/8 x W 27 3/4 x D 1 1/2 in. (H 91.1 x W 70.5 x D 3.8 cm)
Image: H 32 x W 24 in. (H 81.3 x W 61 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1944 Sophronia Anderson Bequest Fund

Object number44.122

CopyrightArt © Estate of Hale Woodruff/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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Object NamePainting

Title Details

Published Title Poor Man's Cotton

Remarks 1981 Newark Museum Catalogue

Inscriptionsback of frame: across center, black marker "Hale Woodruff Atlanta University Atl. Ga."Marks and Labels/Stampson file from old backing: printed paper-gum label "[first column] A Shared Heritage: Art by / Four African Americans / Indianapolis Museum of Art / Indianapolis / February 25 - April 21, 1986 / Terra Museum of American Art / Chicago / May 11 - July 6, 1996 / Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston / September 23 - November 30, 1996 / To Be Announced / January 19 - March 2, 1997 / [second column] Indianapolis Museum of Art / 1200 W. 38th Street * Indianapolis, IN 46208 / List No.: 36 ID. No.: 8378 crate 31 / Artist: Hale Aspacio Woodruff / Title: Poor Man's Cotton, 1944 / Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper / Dimensions: 36" x 28 x 1 1/2" original 1944 frame/plexi / Lender: The Newark Museum [44.122]; (Newark, New Jersey) / Travel;" Indpls/Chicago/(not Boston)/(not TBA)"ProvenanceHale Woodruff, New York, NYExhibition History"Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College", High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 6/2 - 9/2/2012.
"A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund", Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, llinois (February 6 - August 16, 2009)
"A Shared Heritage: Art By Four African Americans," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indianna (February 25 - April 21, 1996); traveled to: Terra Museum of Amercian Art, Chicago, Illinois (May 11 - July 6, 1996)
"20th Century Afro-American Artists: Selections from the Collection of the Newark Museum," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (June 18-October 14, 1985)
"Black Artists: Two Generations," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (May 13-September 6, 1971)

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