Dissipation
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Title
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Dissipation
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Date
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1945--1952
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Creator
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Hale A. Woodruff, 1900-1980
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Contributor
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Atlanta University Comission
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Description
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Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an artist and art educator known for his murals, paintings, and prints from Cairo, IL. Dissipatation, the third panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, portrays the theft and disruption of African art and culture by Europeans through colonization.
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Primary Subject
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1900-1999
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Black power
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Activism
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Art
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Additional Subject
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African diaspora
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Racial uplift
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Social life and customs
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Afrocentrism
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Location
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Atlanta
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Fulton County
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Georgia
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USA
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Type
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Murals
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Medium
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Oil on canvas
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Measurements
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11 ft. x 11 ft.
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Format
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JPG
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HBCU Identifier
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1952.014
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.CAU.112
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Rights
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All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
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Contributing Institution
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Clark Atlanta University
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Source
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Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
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Collection
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The Art of the Negro Mural Series
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Language
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English
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Notes
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Dissipation (3) portrays the theft and disruption of African art and culture by Europeans through colonization. Specifically, he dramatizes the 1897 raid of the Benin empire by British forces after being denied the opportunity to trade goods. The panel features European soldiers pillaging African art with a raging fire in the background.
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