Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, "Spirit of Independence"

Artist Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917 - 2000)

Publisher P. Lorillard Company (American)

Date1974

Geographic OriginUnited States of America

MediumScreenprint on cream Domestic Etching paper

DimensionsImage: H 32 x W 24 1/4 in. (H 81.3 x W 61.6 cm)
Mat: H 40 x W 30 in. (H 101.6 x W 76.2 cm)
Sheet: H 34 3/8 x W 25 3/4 in. (H 87.3 x W 65.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lorillard, 1975.

Object number75.227

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Published Title Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, "Spirit of Independence"

Remarks portfolio title

Artist title The 1920's... The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots

Remarks recto inscription

Inscriptionsrecto: signed l.r.: "Jacob Lawrence 1974"; l.l.: "12/125"; l.ctr: "The 1920's...The Migrants arrive and cast their Ballots". verso: t.l., l.r., & l.l., graphite: "E".Marks and Labels/Stampsrecto: b.l.c.: blindstamp (of printer?).ProvenanceCommissioned by P. Lorillard Company, New York, New York.Exhibition History"Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: The Spirit of Independence," The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, May 22-August 5, 1976.
Schering-Plough Corp., Kenilworth, NJ, March 1977.

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