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His adventures failing him, he accepted poverty

Jacob Lawrence, Artist Ives-Sillman, Inc., Collaborator Sirocco Screenprinters, Printer

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His adventures failing him, he accepted poverty

between 1974 and 1977

Jacob Lawrence (Artist) American, 1917-2000 Ives-Sillman, Inc. (Collaborator) American, founded 1958 Sirocco Screenprinters (Printer) American

Screenprint printed in color on wove paper

Overall: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

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African American Art

Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978

2000.108.4

© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #4 H.C. I/XX Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

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2000-present, found in collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc., His adventures failing him, he accepted poverty, between 1974 and 1977, screenprint printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978, 2000.108.4.

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