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Maker(s):Surendorf, Charles
Culture:American (1906 - 1979)
Title:Lode Lynching - Columbia
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Print
Materials:linocut printed in black on thin, moderately textured, white paper
Measurements:Mat: 16 1/4 in x 20 in; 41.3 cm x 50.8 cm; Image: 12 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 31.1 cm x 39.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  title in pencil lower left: Lode Lynching - Columbia, edition in pencil at lower center: 5/100, signature in pencil at lower right: Charles Surendorf
Accession Number:  SC 2014.32.392
Credit Line:The Gladys Engel and Kurt Lang Collection
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Lynch mob dragging victim. Uppermost figure carries rope and points right; middle and lower figures carry victim by arms. All four figures have prominent beards and wear heavy black boots. Lynching, murder, crime, abduction.

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