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Jacob Lawrence

There is an Average of Four Bars to Every Block,

Maker

  • Jacob Lawrence

Title

There is an Average of Four Bars to Every Block

Medium

ink, gouache

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gouache,
  • ink,
  • and pencil on paper

Techniques

  • gouache,
  • ink,
  • and pencil on paper

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

39.7 x 57.5 cm (15 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

LR:J. Lawrence 43 ; mat also signed Jacob Lawrence 1943

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

43.565

There is an Average of Four Bars to Every Block
from the Harlem Series

Selected Works

LR:J. Lawrence 43 ; mat also signed Jacob Lawrence 1943

Publications

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Urban America, 1930-1970

December 1, 2006 - February 25, 2007

Modernism in the Americas

June 20 - August 31, 2003

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

One Voice, Many Visions

February 20 - June 14, 1998

African-American Art from the Permanent Collection

November 18, 1994 - February 19, 1995

Small Exhibition of Works by Negro Artists

November 10-17, 1957

The Negro Artist Comes of Age

January 8-27, 1946
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