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John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859

Jacob Lawrence , Artist Ives-Sillman, Inc. , Collaborator Sirocco Screenprinters , Printer Founders Society , Publisher
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John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859

between 1974 and 1977

Jacob Lawrence (Artist) American, 1917-2000 Ives-Sillman, Inc. (Collaborator) American, founded 1958 Sirocco Screenprinters (Printer) American Founders Society (Publisher)

Screen print printed in color on wove paper

Image: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

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African American Art

Founders Society Purchase, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978

F1983.18.22

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Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #22 7/60 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

Two chop marks at lower right corner, to the left: Ives-Sillman Inc; to the right: Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts

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1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc., John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859, between 1974 and 1977, screen print printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978, F1983.18.22.

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John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859
John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859
John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the first degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859

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