Dickerman, Leah
Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series
- ISBN 13:
- 9781633450400
- author:
- Dickerman, Leah
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Museum of Modern Art
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 30.23 x 24.13 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Individual Artist,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series In 1941, Jacob Lawrence created a landmark series of 60 small tempera paintings depicting the Great Migration, a decades-long mass movement of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North. Working partly from his own experience and long research in his neighborhood library, Lawrence produced an epic narrative of the collective history of his people. The result is an innovative format of sequential panels, each image accompanied by a descriptive caption, drawing on film, photography, political cartoons, and other sources in popular culture. The series was acquired by two major institutions within months of its completion and has since become a landmark in the history of modern art. This book grounds Lawrence's work in the cultural and political debates that shaped his art, demonstrating its relevance for artists and writers today. It includes the full series, short texts accompanying each panel, scholarly essays, and 11 newly commissioned poems by prominent poets, providing a comprehensive understanding of this important work.
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