Parallels
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Title
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Parallels
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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. Parallels, the fourth panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, shows the innate connection between non-European indigenous cultures despite geographic divisions.
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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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1952.015
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.CAU.113
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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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Parallels (4) shows the innate connection between non-European indigenous cultures despite geographic divisions. He centers the Haida totem, Yoruba house post, and Melanesian rooftop post emphasizing the commonalities between forms, styles and functions from Africa, the Americas, Oceania, and Asia.
Dissipation
Influences
Interchange
Muses
Native Forms