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Installation view of the exhibition "American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe"
August 17, 2013–January 26, 2014. IN2258.18. Photograph by Jonathan Muzikar.
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Ben Shahn
Handball
1939
Jacob Lawrence
The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
They also worked in large numbers on the railroad
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Industries attempted to board their labor in quarters that were oftentimes very unhealthy. Labor camps were numerous
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
Housing for the Negroes was a very difficult problem
1940-41
Georgia O'Keeffe
Abstraction Blue
1927
Joseph Stella
First Light
c. 1928