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Summer Street Scene in Harlem
194820 1/16 x 24 1/8 in. (51 x 61.2 cm)
Jacob Lawrence
United States (Atlantic City, NJ, 1917 - 2000, Seattle, WA)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Tempera on gesso panel
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1991.5
Location: Currently on view
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.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
[Gallery label text, 2007]
Marks
Artist's signature, lower right: Jacob Lawrence / 48
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY; Alfred E. Jones, Jr., New York, NY; Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York, NY; purchased by the Gallery in 1991
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Third Annual Exhibition of Painting Palace of the Legion of Honor 12/1/1948 - 1/16/1949
- Jacob Lawrence Retrospective American Federation of Arts 11/22/1960 - 11/18/1962
- Art in Residence Carnegie Institute 10/17/1973 - 1/6/1974
- Jacob Lawrence Whitney Museum of American Art 5/16/1974 - 3/29/1975
- Through the Eyes of Others: African Americans in American Art 8/23/2008 - 1/6/2010
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
- Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Title: A Hundred Years and Counting. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press Issue Date: November-December 2012. Page Number: 21
- Art in America. New York, NY: Art in America
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois. Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2000.
- Article Scope: Entry. Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois. Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2000.
- Article Scope: Entry. Milton W. Brown. Jacob Lawrence. New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1974.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Aline B. Saarinen. Jacob Lawrence. New York, NY: American Federation of Arts, 1960.
- Grant Holcomb, III, ed. Voices in the Gallery: Writers on Art. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2001.
- Shane White. Stories of Freedom in Black New York. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002.
- Article Title: The Language of Art: MAG Partnership Benefits City Elementary Students. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Issue Date: January-February 1999. Page Number: 6, Biennial Report 1996-1998 supplement
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Author: Sims, Lowery Stokes. Article Title: Jacob Lawrence: Summer Street Scene in Harlem. Article Scope: Chapter and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 271-274
- Article Author: Andreatta, David. Article Title: Completing the Picture. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. City Newspaper. Rochester, NY Issue Date: March 2022. Page Number: 23; repr. p. 22
- Gretchen Sullivan Sorin and Mary C. Aimonovitch. Through the Eyes of Others: African Americans and Identity in American Art. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2008.
- Poetry through art: by the students of the Young Mothers Program. Fairport, NY: New York State Literacy Center, 1991.
- Article Author: Brandon. Article Title: At My Party. Article Scope: Poetry. Community Voices in the Gallery: a Collection of Writings by Members of our Community Inspired by Works of Art at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2009. Page Number: 64
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Frederick Douglass
MAG webpage with links to Frederick Douglass and African-American experience resources at MAG
Lesson Plan
Art and Social Studies lesson plan created by the Memorial Art Gallery based on Jacob Lawrence's Ices II (Evans Collection) and Summer Street Scene in Harlem (MAG collection) emphasizing looking and learning and an Art Room activity.
Seeing America Inservice
Materials from a teacher in-service presentation Spring 2008
Art Alive: Summer Street Scene in Harlem
Using MAG's Learning to Look/Looking to Learn philosophy, guide students' looking and use open-ended questions to elicit personal responses. Includes many suggestions for classroom activities and connections to reinforce ELA skills.
Seeing America
Chapter on Jacob Lawrence's Summer Street Scene in Harlem, written by Lowery Stokes Sims.
MAGexplore
MAGexplore provides in-depth information and close looking at over 200 objects in MAG's collection.
In Motion: the African-American Migration Experience
Created by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this website includes images, textual material, and lesson plans related to the Harlem Renaissance.
Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line
In conjunction with the exhibition Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line at the Phillips Collection, this website explores the life and work of Jacob Lawrence. Teaching Resources and artwork by children inspired by Lawrence are also included in this website.