This is Harlem
Object Details
- Artist
- Jacob Lawrence, American, b. Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1917–2000
- Provenance
- Alan Gallery, New York, to 2 May 1959
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 May 1959-17 May 1966
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Exhibition History
- HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta. "Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence," 15 June-8 September 2002. Tour: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 6 October 2002-5 January 2003.
- JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "Edith Halpert and the Rise of American Art," 18 October 2019-9 February 2020, color ill. p. 126.
- MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. p. 28.
- Published References
- BROWN, JESSICA BELL and RYAN N. DENNIS, eds. A Movement in Every Direction: A Great Migration Critical Reader (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022), fig. 1 (color), p. 228.
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 103, p. 120.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 66.2921
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- 15 5/16 × 22 5/8 in. (38.9 × 57.5 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- African-American Figuration
- On View
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.2921
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2764924cc-ae46-4260-bd18-1135fbcd3422
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