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JOHN T. SCOTT (1940 - 2007)
Cathedral
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Woodcut on Coventry white wove paper, 2003. 1524x1016 mm; 60x40 inches, full margins. Edition
of 10.
This block, one of a series of monumental woodcuts of New Orleans, was carved by the artist with
a modified miniature chainsaw into a single sheet of plywood. Born in New Orleans and raised in
the lower NinthWard, JohnT. Scott produced artwork shaped largely by the diverse and local African,
African-American, Caribbean and Creole cultures. In 1992, he was awarded a prestigious MacArthur
Foundation Fellowship. Biography courtesy of Arthur Roger Gallery.
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