The Yo-Yo Game (Bo-Lo Game)

Artist Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917 - 2000)

Date1937

MediumPoster paint on pebble board

DimensionsFramed: H 15 1/2 x W 18 3/4 in. (H 39.4 x W 47.6 cm)
Image: H 14 x W 17 in. (H 35.6 x W 43.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1984 The Members' Fund

Object number84.32

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Title Details

Artist title The Yo-Yo Game (Bo-Lo Game)

Remarks See object file for memo explaing confirmation of the title from Gary Reynolds and Joe Jacobs, who communicated with the artist and researched the title.

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l.. black paint "J. Lawrence 37"Marks and Labels/Stampsbacking: l.r., printed paper label "[icon] CCAHA / CONSERVATION CENTER / FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS / This sealed package helps to protect / the work from drastic fluxtuations in / environmental conditions and from air - / borne dust and pollutants. In order / to provde adequat support for the / work, the sealed package must be / placed in a aframe and held securely / with brads or brass mending plates. / The sealed pacakge should remain / intact."ProvenanceThe artist; Edwin Coates, New York, New York (c. 1942-1984, sale Christie's, New York, March 23, 1984, Sale 5520, lot 142)Exhibition History"Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club", Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, VA from (10/7/2022 – 1/8/2023); The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA ( 2/10 – 5/7/2023); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (6/3 – 10/3/2023).
"American Drawings 1900-1960, from the Permanent Collection of The Newark Museum," Chubb Group of Insurance Co., Warren NJ, September 3-November 1, 1994.
"20th-Century Afro-American Artists: Selections from the Collection of The Newark Museum," The Newark Museum, June 18-October 14, 1985.
"Jacob Lawrence: Fifty Years of His Work," Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY (sponsored by the James Weldon Johnson Literary Guild Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts), December 8, 1984-January 31, 1985.
"Jacob Lawrence," Harlem YMCA, New York, February 1938.

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