Hale Aspacio Woodruff, Blind Musician, 1935/1998. Woodcut, sheet: 19 3/16 × 15 1/16 in. (48.8 × 38.2 cm) Image: 6 × 4 1/16 in. (15.2 × 10.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E. Thomas Williams, Jr. 2004.631. © Estate of Hale Aspacio Woodruff / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Not on view
Date
1935/1998
Classification
Prints
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/16 × 15 1/16 in. (48.8 × 38.2 cm)
Image: 6 × 4 1/16 in. (15.2 × 10.3 cm)
Accession number
2004.631
Edition
29/75
Publication
Printed by Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop; published by Hale Woodruff Estate and Elnora, Inc.
Credit line
Gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E. Thomas Williams, Jr.
Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Hale Aspacio Woodruff / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Exhibitions
Installation photography
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Installation view of Edges of Ailey (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 25, 2024-February 9, 2025). From left to right: Romare Bearden, “Star (Star from the Heavens)” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Archibald John Motley Jr., Gettin’ Religion, 1948; Roy DeCarava, Coltrane and Elvin, 1960; Roy DeCarava, Elvin Jones, 1961; Lyle Ashton Harris, Billie #21, 2002; Hale Aspacio Woodruff, Blind Musician, 1935/1998; Norman Lewis, Jazz, 1943–44; Gordon Parks, Music–That Lordly Power, 1993; Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Race Woman Series #7, c. 1990s; Terry Adkins, Other Bloods (from The Principalities), 2012; Bill Traylor, Untitled (Man in a Blue House), date unknown; Ralph Lemon, Bongos and Djembe, 1999; Ralph Lemon, Untitled (On Black music), 2001-07; Ralph Lemon, Untitled (Miles Davis), 2006; Mickalene Thomas, Katherine Dunham: Revelation, 2024. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Edges of Ailey
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Installation view of Edges of Ailey (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 25, 2024-February 9, 2025). From left to right: Romare Bearden, “The Buzzard and the Snake (The Conjur Woman)” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “Earth and the Magic Drummer” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “The Swamp Witch, Blue-Green Lights and Conjur Woman” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “The Conjur Woman” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “Star (Star from the Heavens)” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, The Magic Root (Spotted Deer and the Father)” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “Past-Present-Future and Beautiful Dreams” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “Wisdom” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden “The Emperor of the Golden Trumpet” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “All Come Back” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Romare Bearden, “All Come Back” from the Bayou Fever series, 1979; Nelson Breen, Excerpts from Bearden Plays Bearden, 1980; DeCarava, Coltrane and Elvin, 1960; Roy DeCarava, Elvin Jones, 1961; Lyle Ashton Harris, Billie #21, 2002; Hale Aspacio Woodruff, Blind Musician, 1935/1998; Norman Lewis, Jazz, 1943–44; Gordon Parks, Music–That Lordly Power, 1993. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Edges of Ailey
