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Harlem Street Scene

Colorful screenprint depicting a variety of brown-skinned figures walking down a street. On the left, a man in blue carries a stringed instrument; in the center, a man in black leaning on a red cane walks beside a child wearing white; a smaller child plays with chalk on the sidewalk. In the background, a woman wearing a yellow dress emerges from a doorway.
© 2018 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Colorful screenprint depicting a variety of brown-skinned figures walking down a street. On the left, a man in blue carries a stringed instrument; in the center, a man in black leaning on a red cane walks beside a child wearing white; a smaller child plays with chalk on the sidewalk. In the background, a woman wearing a yellow dress emerges from a doorway.

Date:

1975

Artist:

Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob Lawrence

Title

Harlem Street Scene

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1975

Medium

Color screenprint on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 62.4 × 47.3 cm (24 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 77.5 × 57.3 cm (30 9/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Constance Ives

Reference Number

1996.338

Copyright

© 2018 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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