Giddap
1996
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View on museum website →Medium
linocut in black with chine collé on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 30.48 × 22.86 cm (12 × 9 in.) sheet: 48.26 × 38.1 cm (19 × 15 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of E. Thomas Williams, Jr. and Auldlyn Higgins Williams in memory of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.)
Accession Number
2015.19.3032.6
Art Historical Context
Hale Woodruff's *Giddap* (1996) is a striking linocut in black with chine collé on wove paper, measuring 12 × 9 inches (image) on a 19 × 15-inch sheet. Woodruff, a pioneering African American artist active in the early-to-mid 20th century, was for his bold prints and murals that celebrated Black history and culture. This work, produced later in his legacy, exemplifies his mastery of relief printing techniques, where linoleum blocks are carved to create high-contrast, graphic forms ideal for conveying energy and narrative punch. The chine collé method—gluing a delicate, printed tissue to a stu...