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520: Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett
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Installation view of the gallery "Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett" in the exhibition "Collection 1880s-1940s"
April 7, 2023–March 18, 2024. Photographed in April 2023. IN2518.520.12. Photograph by Jonathan Dorado.
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Elizabeth Catlett
For My People
1992
Elizabeth Catlett
Harriet
1975
Jacob Lawrence
The World War had caused a great shortage in Northern industry and also citizens of foreign countries were returning home
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The railroad stations in the South were crowded with people leaving for the North
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The Negro press was also influential in urging the people to leave the South
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
They arrived in great numbers into Chicago, the gateway of the West
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The Negro was the largest source of labor to be found after all others had been exhausted
1940-41
Jacob Lawrence
The trains were packed continually with migrants
1940-41
Elizabeth Catlett
Mother and Child
1956
Elizabeth Catlett
There Are Bars Between Me and the Rest of the Land
from the series
The Black Woman
1946, printed 1989
Elizabeth Catlett
I Have Special Reservations
from the series
The Black Woman
1946, printed 1989
Elizabeth Catlett
Special Houses…
from the series
The Black Woman
1946, printed 1989
Elizabeth Catlett
And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones
from the series
The Black Woman
1947, printed 1989
Elizabeth Catlett
My Right Is a Future of Equality with Other Americans
from the series
The Black Woman
1947, printed 1989