Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence

May 25, 2001–Jan 30, 2003

Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.
Abstract painting of stylized figures in blue hues with interwoven patterns and ropes.

Jacob Lawrence, War Series: Going Home, 1947. Tempera on composition board, overall: 16 1/8 × 20 3/16 in. (41 × 51.3 cm) Image: 15 7/8 × 20 1/16 × 1/8 in. (40.3 × 51 × 0.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger 51.17a-b. © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence was organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.


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