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The 1920's...The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots
1974
Jacob Lawrence (Artist) American, 1917-2000 Sirocco Screenprinters (Printer) American
Screenprint printed in color on wove paper
Image: 32 × 24 3/8 inches (81.3 × 61.9 cm) Sheet: 34 1/4 × 25 7/8 inches (87 × 65.7 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Gift of Lorillard, Division of Lowe Theaters, Inc.
76.54
© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Markings
Signed and dated, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1974
Titled in pencil, lower left: The 1920's...The Migrants arrive and cast their Ballots Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 39/125 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1974
Ives-Sillman drystamp, lower right corner
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1976-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Baur, J.H. Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Spirit of Independence. New York, 1975, p. 21 (ill.).
American Prints 1960-1985. Exh. cat., the Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1986, p. 215.
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© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Jacob Lawrence, The 1920's...The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots, 1974, screenprint printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lorillard, Division of Lowe Theaters, Inc., 76.54.
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