LOT DETAILS

Materials:

egg tempera on hardboard

Measurements:

20.12 in. (51.10 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 1947

Exhibited:

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, . 1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, and Drawings , January - March 1948, no. 115. Iowa City, The State University of Iowa, . 4th Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art , June - July 1948, n.p., no. 60, illustrated

Literature:

Thomas B. Hess, "Pity the Poor Sculptor, . ARTnews 47, March 1948, p. 56 (text). Walker Evans, "In the Heart of the Black Belt," . Fortune 38, August 1948, p. 89, illustrated in color. Herbert Matter, "Vogue Presents 53 Living American Artists,". Vogue , February 1, 1950, p. 151, illustrated in color (in installation), p. 153, no. 16 (text). Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois, . Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999): A Catalogue Raisonné , Seattle, 2000, p. 107, no. P47-21, illustrated in color. Patricia Hills, "In the Heart of the Black Belt: Jacob Lawrence's Commission from Fortune to Paint the South," . International Review of African American Art 19, 2003, p. 33 (text

Provenance:

The Downtown Gallery, New York. William Keighley, Los Angeles. Acquired by the present owner . circa 1970s