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RUTH WADDY (1909 - 2003)
TheWarriors
.
Linoleum cut on cream wove paper, 1968. 349x489 mm; 13
3
/
4
x19
1
/
4
inches, full margins. Artist’s
proof, aside from an unknown edition. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “A/P II” and “Lino” in
pencil, lower margin.
[1,000/1,500]
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SUE JANE MITCHELL SMOCK (1937 - )
Priestess of Orosun
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Woodcut printed in black and brown on cream wove paper, 1966. 591x241 mm; 23
1
/
4
x9
1
/
2
inches,
full margins. Artist’s proof, aside from an unknown edition. Signed, titled, and inscribed “Artist’s
proof ” in pencil, lower margin.
Exhibited:
Exhibition ofWoodcut Prints by Sue Jane Smock
, Smithsonian Institution (Museum of History
and Technology), September 23 - November 7, 1966, with the label on the frame back.
A New Orleans native, printmaker Sue Smock’s art reflects her rich family heritage and a long
interest in non-Western imagery in printmaking. Smock has had a distinguished career as a
printmaker and art professor, culminating in her appointment as the chairperson of the Department
of Fine Arts at Lincoln University. Her prints are in the collection of the California African-
American Museum, the Amistad Research Center, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the
Smithsonian American Art Museum.
[1,000/1,500]
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