About the Artwork
The Legend of John Brown
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 prints printed in color on wove paper
Image: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Founders Society Purchase, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978
V2014.24
© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Markings
Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977
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© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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