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Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers 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.35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers in the Kaleidoscope

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.32: The railroad stations in the South were crowded with northbound travelers, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.32: The railroad stations in the South were crowded with northbound travelers

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy

1940 – 1941
Title unknown (Subway), Norman Lewis

Title unknown (Subway)

Norman Lewis, 1945
Migration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages

1940 – 1941
Blind Singer, William H. Johnson

Blind Singer

William H. Johnson, 1940
Power of the Caves, Nicholas Roerich

Power of the Caves

Nicholas Roerich, 1925
Kuan-yin, Nicholas Roerich

Kuan-yin

Nicholas Roerich, 1933
Eternity, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Eternity

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1906
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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