Jacob Lawrence: The Migration of the Negro, 1941
Panel 1: “During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes.”
casein tempera on hardboard 12 x 18 in.
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, acquired 1942
Photo courtesy of The Phillips Collection
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Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK • Whitney Museum of American Art • Ongoing
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This major retrospective presents over 200 paintings and drawings spanning the long career of the American artist, Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000). Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and trained in the art workshops of the Harlem community in the 1930s, Lawrence was the first voice of the black experience to speak to a mainstream audience. His work has been represented in the holdings of The Phillips Collection since 1941. The exhibition now on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art will travel to The Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. A two-volume catalogue raisonné entitled The Complete Jacob Lawrence has been recently published by the University of Washington Press, Seattle.
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