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Jacob Lawrence
John Brown's first thought of the place where he would make his attack came to him while surveying land for Oberlin College in West Virginia, 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's first thought of the place where he would make his attack came to him while surveying land for Oberlin College in West Virginia
  • 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 2000.108.8
Department African American Art
Not On View
Signed Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #8 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)