Two Builders Playing Chess / Jacob Lawrence

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Accession Number: 2000/2.124
Title: Two Builders Playing Chess
Artist: Jacob Lawrence
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1917 - 2000
Medium and Support: soft ground etching and aquatint on paper
Object Creation Date: 1996
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
Dimensions: 50.5 cm x 63.8 cm (19 7/8 in. x 25 1/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: chairs; figures; seated; table; tools
Secondary Keywords: chess; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; furniture; furniture by form or function; objects; objects we use; people and occupations; seating furniture; single seating furniture
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1522 x 1008
File Size: 140 KB
Record: 2000/2.124
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.124/2000_2.124.jpg

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Full citation: "Two Builders Playing Chess; Jacob Lawrence." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.124/2000_2.124.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.