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Migration Series No.23: The migration spread

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.23: The migration spread, Jacob Lawrence
Migration Series No.23: The migration spread, zoomed in
30.5 cmMigration Series No.23: The migration spread scale comparison45.7 cm

Migration Series No.23: The migration spread is a Harlem Renaissance Tempera and Hardboard Painting created by Jacob Lawrence from 1940 to 1941. It lives at the The Phillips Collection in the United States. 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.23: The migration spread in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.6: The trains were crowded with migrants

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.57: The female workers were the last to arrive north

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.58: In the North the African American had more educational opportunities

1940 – 1941
Portrait of Marian Anderson, Laura Wheeler Waring

Portrait of Marian Anderson

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1944
Migration Series No.40: The migrants arrived in great numbers, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.40: The migrants arrived in great numbers

1940 – 1941
Bull Handler Haripura, Nandalal Bose

Bull Handler Haripura

Nandalal Bose, 1937
Esraj Player, Nandalal Bose

Esraj Player

Nandalal Bose, 1937
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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