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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.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.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.20: In many of the communities the Black press was read with great interest. It encouraged the movement, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.20: In many of the communities the Black press was read with great interest. It encouraged the movement

1940 – 1941
Into Bondage, Aaron Douglas

Into Bondage

Aaron Douglas, 1936
Migration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.30: In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north

1940 – 1941
Captivity and Resistance, Romare Bearden

Captivity and Resistance

Romare Bearden, 1976
Altarpiece No. 1 Group X, Hilma af Klint

Altarpiece No. 1 Group X

Hilma af Klint, 1915
Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.34: The Black press urged the people to leave the South

1940 – 1941
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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