Memorial Art Gallery Text Only Creative Workshop
  • collection
    • search the collection
    • Seeing America
  • education
    • Classes
    • Library
    • Programs
    • Schools
  • events
    • calendar
    • clothesline
    • Programs
    • Travel
  • exhibitions
    • Current
    • Finger Lakes
    • Future
    • Past
  • Join
    • Join Online
    • Membership
  • News/Blog
    • Around the MAG
    • Gallery Buzz
  • shop
    • CATALOGS
    • crafts
    • JEWELRY
    • posterS
  • support
    • Donate
    • Gallery Council
    • Sponsorship
    • Volunteer
  • visit
    • About MAG
    • Dining
    • Facilities
  • PERMANENT COLLECTION
  • Quick Search
  •   Go

  • ADVANCED SEARCH
  • BY ARTIST
  • BY DATE
  • BY KEYWORD
  • BY OBJECT
  • EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Your Works of Art
  • HELP
  • HOW TO READ A LABEL
  • NAZI-ERA PROVENANCE
  • RIGHTS & REPROS
  • USER PORTFOLIOS
  • LOGON

Object Results

record 1 of 1

<<first <previous
next> last>>

View:      text list    image & label    description

Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917 - 2000

Summer Street Scene in Harlem, 1948
American Painting
Tempera on gesso panel
20 1/16 in. x 24 1/8 in. (51 cm x 61.2 cm), without frame

Marion Stratton Gould Fund,  91.5

Currently on View  

View Full Image

©2007 Jacob & Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society,NY

View all images >

Bookmark and Share


Jacob Lawrence chronicled the migration of African Americans from the South to the North in the first half of the 20th century.  In Summer Street Scene in Harlem, Lawrence’s style incorporates the flattened surfaces, distorted shapes, and bold colors of modernism to capture the energy and vitality of life in Harlem, New York.  

  • Bibliography (opens in a new window)
  • Exhibition History
  • Keywords/Help Others Find this Object
  • Marks
  • Portfolios in which this object can be found
  • Web Links & Lesson Plans

For more information about this object, or to communicate with a curator about this object, email the Curatorial Department.



  • CONTACT US
  • E-NEWS
  • NEWSROOM
  • SITE MAP


follow us on twitter

© 2002-2009, All Rights Reserved. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester  
500 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607 585.276.8900, 585.473.6266 fax 
Text Only