This is Harlem
Date
1943
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.
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School
African-American Figuration
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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)
