Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence

May 25, 2001–Jan 30, 2003

People in a boat with blue ropes, wearing patterned clothing, appear thoughtful and somber.
People in a boat with blue ropes, wearing patterned clothing, appear thoughtful and somber.

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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