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Juke Box

Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000
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About the Artwork

Juke Box

1946

Jacob Lawrence

1917-2000

American

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Tempera on white wove paper

Unframed: 29 1/2 × 21 1/8 inches (74.9 × 53.7 cm) Framed: 39 1/4 × 31 × 1 1/4 inches (99.7 × 78.7 × 3.2 cm)

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African American Art

Gift of Dr. D. T. Burton, Dr. M. E. Fowler, Dr. J. B. Greene and Mr. J. J. White

53.58

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Markings

Inscribed in pencil, lower right, verso: [in circle] 4 " upside down | 655 white

Provenance

1953, (Downtown Gallery, New York, USA).
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

25 Years of American Painting 1933-1958. Exh. cat., Gotteborgs Konstmuseum. Sweden, 1959, no. 37 (ill.).

Wheat, Ellen Harkins. Jacob Lawrence: American Painter. Exh. cat., Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, 1986, p. 95, pl. 40 (ill.).

"Accessions: January 1, 1953 - December 31, 1953," Bulletin of the DIA 33, no. 1 (1953-1954): 51.

Art Digest (August 1, 1949): (ill.).

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

Jacob Lawrence, Juke Box, 1946, tempera on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. D. T. Burton, Dr. M. E. Fowler, Dr. J. B. Greene et al., 53.58.

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