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From the Harlem series, No. 28
The Harlem Branch Library of the New York Public Library at 9 West 124th Street
Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1943Medium:
Opaque watercolor over graphite on textured cream wove paperDimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 5/8 inches (37.5 x 54.9 cm)Copyright:
© Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
1963-181-40Credit Line:
The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1943Medium:
Opaque watercolor over graphite on textured cream wove paperDimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 5/8 inches (37.5 x 54.9 cm)Copyright:
© Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1963-181-40Credit Line:
The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
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This scene is one of thirty images of Harlem by the noted African American painter Jacob Lawrence. Exhibited at The Downtown Gallery, New York, in 1943, the series depicts the rich contrasts of life in that section of Manhattan during World War II, with its poverty and its amusements, its home life and its street activities.
