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The Opheliagraph: Dox Thrash and the Labor of Invention

Mar 11, 2026   3:30 - 5:00 pm  
Gregory Hall 319
Lecture
Sponsor
Department of History
Contact
Department of History
E-Mail
history@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Join us for a lecture with Jennifer Chuong, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at the U of I. This lecture examines the invention of carborundum mezzotint by the African American artist Dox Thrash (1893-1965), arguing that the technique's significance lies not only in its aesthetic effects but in the labor surrounding its discovery and production. 

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