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Painting Harlem modern : the art of Jacob Lawrence
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Painting Harlem modern : the art of Jacob Lawrence

Patricia Hills

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"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.
"Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation."

Contents

The artist's place in Harlem. Harlem's artistic community in the 1930s
Patrons and the making of a professional artist
Themes and issues. African American storytelling: Toussaint L'Ouverture and Harriet Tubman
The great migration in memory, pictures, and text
Confrontations with the Jim Crow South in the 1940s
Home in Harlem: tenements and streets
The double consciousness of masks and masking
The paintings of the protest years, 1955-70
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Jacob Armstead Lawrence and his family.

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