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Morning Still Life

Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000
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About the Artwork

Morning Still Life

1976

Jacob Lawrence

1917-2000

American

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Screen print printed in color on off-white wove paper

Image: 23 3/4 × 18 inches (60.3 × 45.7 cm) Sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 inches (75.6 × 55.9 cm)

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African American Art

Gift of Nettie Seabrooks

2009.33

Restricted

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Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1976

Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1976 Titled in pencil, lower center: Morning Still Life Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 76/200 Inscribed, verso, lower center: #103 84

Watermark: ARCHES 88; unidentified drystamp, lower left corner

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2009-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Jacob Lawrence, Morning Still Life, 1976, screen print printed in color on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Nettie Seabrooks, 2009.33.

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