Exhibition history

Paintings by Jacob Lawrence

Oct 10–Nov 5, 1944

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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946

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American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Dec 23, 1948–Mar 13, 1949

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Recent Acquisitions

Feb 13–May 13, 1951

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955

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America Seen: Between The Wars

Apr 25–Aug 7, 1961

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The Artist as Adversary

Jul 1–Sep 27, 1971

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Committed to Print

Jan 31–Apr 19, 1988

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Drawn in America, 1898–1945

Nov 1, 1990–Mar 5, 1991

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Art of the Forties

Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991

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Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series

Jan 12–Apr 11, 1995

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From the Collection: A Century of American Drawing

May 23–Sep 17, 1996

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From Henri Toulouse-Lautrec to Andy Warhol: Exploring Techniques

Sep 18, 1997–Feb 8, 1998

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Making Choices

Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000

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New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings

Oct 25, 2001–Jan 8, 2002

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Painting & Sculpture II

Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2005

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American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe

Aug 17, 2013–Jan 26, 2014

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One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North

Apr 3–Sep 7, 2015

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Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive

Jun 12–Oct 1, 2017

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402: In and Around Harlem

Fall 2021 - Winter 2023

Collection gallery

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402: Fields and Figures

Ongoing

Collection gallery

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520: Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett

Apr 7, 2023–Mar 18, 2024

Collection gallery

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520: Jacob Lawrence and Christopher Cozier

Ongoing

Collection gallery

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510: Looking for Langston

Ongoing

Collection gallery

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