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Migration Series No.4: All other sources of labor having been exhausted, the migrants were the last resource

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.4: All other sources of labor having been exhausted, the migrants were the last resource, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.4: All other sources of labor having been exhausted, the migrants were the last resource is a Harlem Renaissance Tempera and Hardboard Painting created by Jacob Lawrence from 1940 to 1941. It lives at the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York. The image is © Estate of Jacob Lawrence / ARS, New York, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Political Work. SourceSee Migration Series No.4: All other sources of labor having been exhausted, the migrants were the last resource in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.10: They were very poor, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.10: They were very poor

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.17: Tenant farmers received harsh treatment at the hands of the planter

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain

1940 – 1941
Into Bondage, Aaron Douglas

Into Bondage

Aaron Douglas, 1936
Gamin, Augusta Savage

Gamin

Augusta Savage, 1929
Migration Series No.2: The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry. Citizens of foreign countries were returning to their native lands, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.2: The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry. Citizens of foreign countries were returning to their native lands

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.31: The migrants found improved housing when they arrived north

1940 – 1941
Finale, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Finale

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1908
Poem Object, André Breton

Poem Object

André Breton, 1941
Woman in an Armchair, Pablo Picasso

Woman in an Armchair

Pablo Picasso, 1941
Girl with a rose, Lê Phổ

Girl with a rose

Lê Phổ, 1941

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