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Jacob Lawrence
John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling Negroes for his coming raid on Harpers Ferry, between 1974 and 1977
screenprint printed in color on wove paper
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Artist Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917-2000
Printer Sirocco Screenprinters, American
Collaborator Ives-Sillman, Inc., American, founded 1958
Title
  • John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling Negroes for his coming raid on Harpers Ferry
  • The Legend of John Brown (series title)
Date between 1974 and 1977
Medium screenprint printed in color on wove paper
Dimensions Overall: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit Line Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978
Accession Number 2000.108.17
Department African American Art
Not On View
Signed Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #17 H.C. I/XX
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977
2000-present, found in collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)