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Margaret BurroughsWW-1963-126609

1963·Linocut in black on commercially produced green (faded to green-gray) Japanese paper with gold metallic powder and a woodblock printed design in black on the verso·48.6 × 38.1 cm (19 3/16 × 15 in.)

<p>One of the foremost Chicagoans of the 20th century, Burroughs at earned a BA and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The African American experience in Chicago was her perennial focus, and here she took on a universal subject—family. Notably, the artist cofounded the DuSable Museum of African American History in 1961 with her husband, Charles Gordon Burroughs. The Leadership Advising Committee of the Art Institute honored Burroughs with the Legends and Legacy Award in 2010.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1963
Medium: Linocut in black on commercially produced green (faded to green-gray) Japanese paper with gold metallic powder and a woodblock printed design in black on the verso
Dimensions: 48.6 × 38.1 cm (19 3/16 × 15 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Margaret Burroughs

Artist

Margaret Burroughs

Margaret Burroughs was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work centered on African American history, dignity, and cultural identity. Working primarily in oil, bronze, and lithography from the 1940s onward, she created figurative compositions and public monuments that asserted Black presence in postwar American visual culture. Burroughs was also a teacher and cultural organizer who founded the Ebony Museum of the South Side in Chicago, embedding her artistic practice within community institution-building.

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