For 40 years, John Brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable conditions of the slaves, between 1974 and 1977

  • Founders Society
  • Ives-Sillman, Inc., American, founded 1958
  • Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917-2000
  • Sirocco Screenprinters, American

Screenprint printed in color on wove paper

  • Image: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978

F1983.18.2

Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

Two chop marks at lower right corner, to the left: Ives-Sillman Inc; to the right: Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts

Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #2 7/60 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc., For 40 years, John Brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable conditions of the slaves, between 1974 and 1977, screenprint printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978, F1983.18.2.