Library

Painting

The Migration Series

Jacob Lawrence

The Great Migration told in sixty flat, rhythmic panels. One of the defining works of the Harlem Renaissance.

Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Date
1940–1941
Medium
Tempera on hardboard
Movement
Modern
Origin
United States
Where it is
Museum of Modern Art and The Phillips Collection

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