The Migration Series

Lawrence, Jacob

ISBN 10: 0963612913 / ISBN 13: 9780963612915

Published by The Rappahannock press/the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., 1993

About this Item

SIGNED BY JACOB LAWRENCE ON THE TITLE PG. IN ADDITION THERE IS AN INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED POSTCARD OF ONE OF HIS WORKS LAID IN.Stunning catalog for a traveling exhibition of Lawrence's magnificent Migration Series, probably his most famous work. The large and lavish catalog is beautiuflly illustrated with all of the paintings in the series in color along with many essays and many historical and archival photographs. There is a teeny tiny dent to the very tip of the front bottom corner of the cover, otherwise near fine. Laid in is a press release and a small brochure for the exhibition.

Seller Inventory # 011243

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Migration Series
• Publisher: The Rappahannock press/the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0963612913
• ISBN 13: 9780963612915
• Binding: Oversize Paper
• Edition: First Paper Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Books
  • Artists
  • African American

About this title

Synopsis

Includes reproductions of 60 paintings from this series and provides critical essays and quotes from the artist himself

About the Author

Leah Dickerman is a Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Elsa Smithgall is a Curator at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and professor in the Department of African American Studies at Yale University, CT. Alexander wrote and presented the inaugural poem at President Barak Obama's first inauguration ceremony in January 2009.

Rita Dove is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, a former U.S. Poet Laureate (1993-1995), and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1987).

Nikky Finney is the John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Southern Letters and Literature at the University of South Carolina. She is also the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (2011).

Terrance Hayes is a Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, PA and the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (2010). In 2014 Terrance was awarded a MacArthur genius award.

Tyehimba Jess is an Assistant Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.

Yusef Komunyakaa is a Global Distinguished Professor of English at New York University and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1994).

Jodi Roberts is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA.

Patricia Spears Jones is a New York City-based poet. Her work was included in The Best American Poetry 2000, edited by Rita Dove.

Natasha Trethewey is the U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-present), and the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, GA. She is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2007).

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, NY. She is also the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (2009).

Crystal Williams is the Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Office and Professor of the English Department at Bates College, ME.

Kevin Young is the Atticus Haygood Professor of English and Curator of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Collection at Emory University. He is the winner of the PEN/Open Book award (2013) and Finalist for the National Book Award (2003).