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Painting
Gamblers
Jacob Lawrence, 1917 - 2000
Lawrence, Jacob
United States
1917 - 2000
Male
9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
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ca. 1954
1949
1959
1900-2000, 20th century, Images of Black People, paintings, Social Realism
Painting
Compare the ominous and somber mood of Jacob Lawrence’s Gamblers with the upbeat and optimistic flavor of his painting Summer Street Scene in Harlem (MAG collection). The still and formal arrangement of figures and cards in Gamblers, the delicate floral vine that arches across the canvas, and the casket or tombstone forms behind the standing men create a scene that is very nearly funereal, perhaps suggesting the idea that life (and death) is a game of chance.
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Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence
1974.1
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Memorial Art Gallery
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Painting
Summer Street Scene in Harlem
Jacob Lawrence, 1917 - 2000
Lawrence, Jacob
United States
1917 - 2000
Male
20 1/16 x 24 1/8 in. (51 x 61.2 cm)
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1948
1948
1948
1900-2000, 20th century, cityscapes, Images of Black People, New York city, paintings, Social Realism
Painting
Jacob Lawrence put his own stylistic innovations on the flattened surfaces, distorted shapes, and bold colors of modernism. Here his vibrant palette and energetic composition express the joy and vitality of a summer in Harlem. Children play with their soap box and approach a shaved ice vendor; adults gather in conversation. Lawrence moved to Harlem with his family at the age of twelve, and he was greatly influenced by the creative community flourishing there.
Lawrence chronicled the lives, accomplishments, and challenges experienced by Black communities in the United States. His best-known series, The Migration of the Negro (1941), depicted the mass movement of Black people who relocated from the American South to the North, Midwest, and West in search of economic and social mobility. Lawrence’s parents themselves moved to the North in this exodus known as the Great Migration, which took place from the 1910s through the 1970s.
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lower rightback of panel, Undated; from 1974-75 exhibitionback of panel, partly covered by another labelback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panel, orange tag with black printing
Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence
1991.5
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Print
The 1920's... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots
Jacob Lawrence, 1917 - 2000
Lawrence, Jacob
United States
1917 - 2000
Male
34 3/8 x 26 in. (87.3 x 66 cm)
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1974
1974
1974
1900-2000, 20th century, Images of Black People, politics in art, serigraphs, Social Realism
Print
In 1975, Jacob Lawrence and twelve other artists were asked to respond to the question, "What does independence mean to me?" The prints made by the artists comprise the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence, commissioned in honor of the American Bicentennial.
Jacob Lawrence's parents migrated from the south to New York City, so the theme of migration was one that had great meaning to his personal history. He said, "During the post World War I period millions of black people left southern communities in the United States and migrated to northern cities. This migration reached its peak during the 1920's. Among the many advantages the migrants found in the north was the freedom to vote. In my print, migrants are represented expressing that freedom."
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Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence
1975.120.8
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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