The 1920's... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots
Date1975
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
(American painter, 1917–2000)
MediumSeven-color screen print
Dimensionscomposition: 32 × 24 7/8 in. (81.3 × 63.2 cm)
sheet: 34 3/4 × 26 in. (88.3 × 66 cm)
frame: 40 3/4 × 32 1/2 in. (103.5 × 82.6 cm)
sheet: 34 3/4 × 26 in. (88.3 × 66 cm)
frame: 40 3/4 × 32 1/2 in. (103.5 × 82.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc., 1975
Object number1975-141
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ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextLawrence's contribution to this portfolio revisits his Migration Series, a series of sixty paintings produced between 1940 and 1941. In accompanying text, the artist identifies the 'spirit of independence' in the enfranchisement of Black Americans, who moved to Northern cities from the rural South:“During the post World War I period millions of black people left southern communities in the United States and migrated to northern cities. This migration reached its peak during the 1920’s. Among the many advantages the migrants found in the north was the freedom to vote. In my print, migrants are represented exercising that freedom.” - JL
