African Golfers

Object NamePrint

Artist / Maker Irwin Hoffman (American, 1901 - 1989)

Date1933-1936

OriginUnited States

MediumEtching

Dimensions8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.3 x 27.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates

Credit LineTransferred from the Applied Art Department, Iowa State University. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museusms, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM82.206

Status

Not on view

Collections

Works of Art on Paper & Photography

CultureAmerican

EditionEdition of 71

Label TextAfrican American's are seen playing at a table game. During the Depression, European American laborers faced extreme levels of poverty once reserved for African-Americans. Examples of survival and the ability to cope were often taken from folkways the African-American community had been practicing for generations. Irwin Hoffman was born in 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston's Museum School of Fine Arts. In 1943, Irwin Hoffman became a World War II artist/correspondent documenting the training of the US Navy as they prepared for action in the South Pacific and Europe.

PeriodDepression Era

Published ReferencesAAA Cat.: 1936‑02

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