Migration

FRAME|WORK: Migration by Jacob Lawrence

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on September 7, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. Today, in honor of Jacob Lawrence's birthday, we feature his compelling masterwork Migration, currently on display at the de Young.

Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000). Migration, 1947. Egg tempera on hardboard. Museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund, Dr. Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, by exchange. 2010.1

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