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Wilmer Jennings

Harangue, 1941

Description

Maker

  • Wilmer Jennings, 1910-1990, American

Title

Harangue

Year

1941

Medium

Wood engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wood engraving

Supports

  • Lightweight cream Oriental laid tissue

Dimensions

Image: 20.3 x 15.4 cm (8 x 6 1/16 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Artist

Object Number

81.094

Projects & Publications

Publications

Pressing On

The Graphic Art of Wilmer Jennings

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Urban America, 1930-1970

December 1, 2006 - February 25, 2007

Jennings moved to Providence from Atlanta in 1935 and was one of the first African Americans to matriculate at RISD. Primarily a printmaker, much of his work comments on the effect of urban development on the African American community. This wood engraving depicts Black workers in the North as they listen to a speaker. Based on the evidence of other similar compositions by the artist, it is likely that the subject of the speech is labor rights, such as equal pay and benefits for Black Americans.

Pressing On

September 29, 2000 - January 7, 2001

Gifts from the Rhode Island Foundation

January 6 - February 26, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Harangue with the accession number of 81.094. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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