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Jacob Lawrence portrait collection

Title: Jacob Lawrence portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1940?-1959?>

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Lawrence, Jacob	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<7> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<2> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of artist and teacher Jacob Lawrence. Collection includes views of Lawrence at an exhibition of his with Carl Van Vechten and Capt. Joe S. Rosenthal, while in the U.S. Coast Guard, teaching an art class to young schoolchildren, talking with Joe Leyda, Jack Dixon. Quarter, half and full length portraits are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
Group portraits – 1940-1959.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1959.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Hella Heyman, George Jacobson, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. National Archives and the Harmon Foundation.
Some photographs are cropped; some have captions; some photographs have written descriptive information.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Lawrence, Jacob

OCLC

NYPG085000945-F

Title

Jacob Lawrence portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1940?-1959?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Heyman, Hella. Photographer

Jacobson, George. Photographer

Harmon Foundation.

United States. Coast Guard.

National Archives (U.S.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Lawrence, Jacob

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