Harlem Series: They Live in Old and Dirty Tenement Houses
Jacob Lawrence, Harlem Series: They Live in Old and Dirty Tenement Houses, 1943, gouache on paper, Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund, © artist or other rights holder, 43.9.1
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- Title
Harlem Series: They Live in Old and Dirty Tenement Houses
- Related Titles
series (original language): Harlem Series
- Artist
- Date
1943
- Medium
gouache on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 21 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in; sheet: 22 5/16 in x 15 5/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: "Bad Housing", graphite, lower left
signature; date: J Lawrence 43, brushed, upper left [at top of stair]
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund
- Accession Number
43.9.1
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2002 Setting the Scene: Interior Portland Art Museum
2008 Jacob Lawrence: Harlem Series Portland Art Museum
2011 Safety in Numbers? Images of African American Identity and Community Portland Art Museum
