Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series (Signed by Jacob Lawrence, First Edition)

Turner Editor, Elizabeth Hutton; (Jacob Lawrence)

ISBN 10: 0963612905 / ISBN 13: 9780963612908

Published by Rappahannnock Press/ Phillips Collection, 1993

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing -- Signed by Jacob Lawrence -- of this exhibition book for a major 1993 showing of the 20th century painter's fabled "Migration Series" Includes interpretive essays on Lawrence's career, the creation of the series, and the cultural resonance of the work. Also includes color reproductions of the sixty paintings in the series. Signed by Jacob Lawrence on the title page. 173 pages, cloth. No sign of previous use.

Seller Inventory # 016016

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series (Signed by Jacob Lawrence, First Edition)
• Publisher: Rappahannnock Press/ Phillips Collection
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0963612905
• ISBN 13: 9780963612908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Reproduces sixty full-color paintings, completed in 1941 by one of the most famous black artists of the twentieth century, depicting the migration of blacks from the rural South to the urban North after World War II, with scholarly commentary.

Reviews

YA-Full-color, full-page reprints of the 60 dramatic paintings of Lawrence's "Migration Series" fill half the pages of this catalog for the traveling exhibition. The text includes essays by various historians who relate the series to the time period and supply critical material about the painter's work. Quotations from Lawrence himself are particularly meaningful. Excellent black-and-white reproductions illustrate the historical and cultural part of the book and include a portrait of the artist. Beautifully printed and illustrated, the book will be useful for art classes or YAs interested in black history.
Linda Sudduth, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
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