Harriet and the Promised Land No. 15: Canada Bound / Jacob Lawrence

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Accession Number: 1997/1.531
Title: Harriet and the Promised Land No. 15: Canada Bound
Artist: Jacob Lawrence
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1917 - 2000
Medium and Support: gouache and tempera over black colored pencil on very rough cream wove paper
Object Creation Date: 1967
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
Inscription: Inscribed in gray paint, l.r., Jacob Lawrence 67; Narrow lines, in graphite, frame image; l.r., in graphite, "18"; r. margin, in graphite, "14, 16"
Dimensions: 41.9 cm x 71.6 cm (16 1/2 in. x 28 3/16 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: figures; snow; walking; woman
Secondary Keywords: atmospheric effects; blood; modern and contemporary art; people and occupations; stars; the natural world; women
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3000 x 1692
File Size: 675 KB
Record: 1997/1.531
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.531/1997_1.523.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Transforming America (58); African American women’s history (36); Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (31); Borders of identity in North America (84); Race, gender, class and American identity (393); Visual adaptations of western literature (16); Visual narrative (59)

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Full citation: "Harriet and the Promised Land No. 15: Canada Bound; Jacob Lawrence." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.531/1997_1.523.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024.