ROBERT BLACKBURN

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WOODCUTS 1960s-1990s
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​Robert Blackburn
Three Ovals (aka The Ovals), 1960s–1970s
Woodcut
17 1/5 x 14 1/2
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collections:
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
The David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park
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​Robert Blackburn
Red Inside, 1972
Woodcut
12 x 11 1/2
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collection Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
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​Robert Blackburn
Three Ovals Blue Green, 1963–1970s
Woodcut
17 1/2 x 14 1/4
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collection The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
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​Robert Blackburn
Woodscape, 1984
Woodcut
12 x 15 1/4 
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY (2 versions)
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collections:
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.90

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​Robert Blackburn
Blue Things, 1963–1970
Woodcut
20 x 26
Wes and Missy Cochran, Cochran Collection
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collections:
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY (2 versions)
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Gift of the Artist
Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
Edmund Barry Gaither Collection
Private Collection, NY
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​Robert Blackburn
Jay Hawk Tawk, 1974–1975
Woodcut
20 x 26
Wes and Missy Cochran, Cochran Collection
Photograph by Ben Arnold
Also collections:
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
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​Robert Blackburn
Seeds Emerging, c.1965
Woodcut
22 x 30
Location & photographer unknown
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​​Robert Blackburn
Miss Unity (Reprint of 1974 original), 1990–1996
Woodcut
27 x 21
Bronx Museum of the Arts, purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts Museum Program (1992.16)
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collections:
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

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​Robert Blackburn
Sunburst, 1967–1969
Woodcut
20 x 25
Robin Holder Collection
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collections:
New York Public Library
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Wes and Missy Cochran, Cochran Collection

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​​Robert Blackburn
Penumbra I (aka Walk in the Shade), 1970–74
Woodcut
20 x 26
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collections:
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
The Studio Museum in Harlem
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts Museum Program





















​​Robert Blackburn
Space Shape (aka Space Ship, Kiss Shape), 1970
Woodcut
22 x 20
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Photograph by Karl Peterson

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​Robert Blackburn
Sunlight & Shadow, 1960s-1970s
Woodcut
17 x 22
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Single color version, printed in 2000 and included in the “Celebration” portfolio
Also collections:
Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr. Collection
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, CA, 2001.93.3, Gift of Kathyrn Metz
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Robert Blackburn
Blue and White, 1969
Woodcut, 16 3/4 x 22
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Photograph by Karl Peterson

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Robert Blackburn
Blue Door, 1971
Woodcut
8 1/4 x 11 1/4
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collections:
Kathy Caraccio Collection
Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr. Collection

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Robert Blackburn
Purple Flash I- III, 1972
Woodcut
26 x 20
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collection Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

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​​Robert Blackburn
Yellow Flash, 1972
Woodcut
26 x 20
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Photograph by Karl Peterson

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​Robert Blackburn
Night Creature, 1974
Woodcut
10 x 11 1/4
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collection The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY

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​​Robert Blackburn
Block on Blue, 1974
Woodcut, 12 1/4 x 14 ¾
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collection The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation
​for the Arts, NY
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​Robert Blackburn
Modern Times, 1984 (revision & reprint)
Woodcut
11 1/2 x 11 1/4
Wes and Missy Cochran, Cochran Collection
Photograph by Karl Peterson
Also collections:
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
National Academy Museum, NY
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
The David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park
 Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr. Collection
 
Reprint:
Robert Blackburn
Urban Renewal, 1996
Woodcut
11 x 11 1/2
Edition of 25
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Also collection:
Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
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​​Robert Blackburn
Modern Times, 1974/5
Woodcut
11 1/2 x 11 1/4
Nelson/Dunks Collection
Photograph by Greg Staley
Also collections:
The Estate of Robert Blackburn and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
The Studio Museum in Harlem
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts Museum Program
Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection
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