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How did Jacob Lawrence use Social Realism in his artwork?
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In his artwork, Jacob Lawrence used Social Realism to portray the everyday lived experiences of Black Americans. His most famous work is The Migration Series, a narrative piece of 60 18-by-12-inch hardboard panels focused on the Great Migration of Black Americans from the agricultural South to the industrial North between 1910 and 1940. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of Jacob Lawrence art.
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Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
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Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
SCHOMBURG LIBRARY 1986 Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Union City, NJ
SCHOMBURG LIBRARY is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS.
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Portland, ME
Lawrence, Jacob. THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. THE KING JAMES VERSION. Limited Editions Club, NY 1989. Copy Number 204 of the edition of 400 copies, signed in pencil by Ja...
Category
1980s Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off