The 1920's... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots

© The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), N…
The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The 1920's... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots
© The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

The 1920's... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots

Date1975
Artist (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)
Credit LineGift of Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc., 1975
Object number1975-141
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis print was based on Lawrence's series of 60 paintings called the Migration Series. His series, completed in 1941, documented the influx of southern African Americans into northern cities. Here the migrants are depicted on voting day. This print, produced in 1975, is decidedly more upbeat than the original painting, which featured somber colors and a less sociable arrangement of figures.
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