Sunday Promenade

Portfolio TitleSelections from the Atlanta Period

Artist Hale Woodruff (American, 1900 - 1980)

Printer Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop (American)

Date1931-1940; printed 1996

MediumLinocut on lana royal bright white thai mulberry chin colle paper

DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (24.61 × 19.69 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/8 × 14 7/8 inches (48.58 × 37.78 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of The Print Society in honor of Dr. Leo Goertz and gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams Jr. of Sag Harbor, N.Y.

Object number2018.4.6

SignedA blind stamp of the Blackburn emblem at the bottom left edge. The artist's blind stamp at the bottom right edge, "(C) Hale Woodruff"

Inscribed"13/75" in pencil at the bottom left corner

On View

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Terms

DescriptionThe vertically oriented black-and-white print Sunday Promenade depicts five finely dressed African American figures walking to and fro down a street at the middle of the composition. Closest to the viewer is a woman wearing a hat and polka-dotted dress with a prominent white collar. Her proper left arm is bent at the elbow and crosses over her waist. She carries a bag in her proper right hand and glances over her proper right shoulder. Above her and to the right are a pair of women in dresses, hats, and high heels. The woman on the left wears earrings. The woman on the right walks a large dog who has its nose to the ground. Behind them and walking away from the viewer of the print and into the scene, is a female (left) and male (right) couple. The woman wears a dress with ruffles at the collar, shoulders, and knee-length hem. Her partner wears a suit and a checkered hat. The strolling people are flanked by buildings at the left and right. A portion of a fence appears near the upper quarter of the composition at the right side. Near the top of the scene, at the center, is a building that looks as though it may be a church.Provenance

Provenance

Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr., Sag Harbor, NY, 1996–2018;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 2018.

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