Over the line : the art and life of Jacob Lawrence
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Over the line : the art and life of Jacob Lawrence
University of Washington Press, c2001
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., May 27-Aug. 19, 2001; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Nov. 8, 2001-Feb. 3, 2002; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Feb. 24-May 19, 2002 and two other locations
"This edition ... includes information about the exhibition ... that was not included in the original printing. Over the Line was originally published in 2000 as part of a two-volume set titled The Complete Jacob Lawrence"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-278) and index
Contents of Works
- Inside-outside, uptown-downtown : Jacob Lawrence and the aesthetic ethos of the Harlem working-class community / Leslie King-Hammond
- The education of Jacob Lawrence / Elizabeth Hutton Turner
- The critical context of Jacob Lawrence's early works, 1938-1952 / Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins
- Harmonizer of chaos : Jacob Lawrence at midcentury / Richard J. Powell
- Jacob Lawrence's paintings during the protest years of the 1960s / Patricia Hills
- The structure of narrative : form and content in Jacob Lawrence's builders paintings, 1946-1998 / Lowery Stokes Sims
- Jacob Lawrence : modernism, race, and community / Paul J. Karlstrom
- The materials and techniques of Jacob Lawrence / Elizabeth Steele
- Identification of binding media and pigments in the paintings of Jacob Lawrence / Michael R. Schilling, Narayan Khandekar, Joy Keeney, and Herant P. Khanijan
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence includes essays by eight distinguished art historians examining the ways in which Jacob Lawrence's art speaks so powerfully to different audiences. It is the first multi-author, in-depth probe of the artist's entire career: the nature of his work, his education, the critical climate in which he worked, and his use of materials and techniques. It reproduces, in full color, more than 200 works, most of which have not been published in color, or at all, in other books on the artist.
An extensive chronology, collating events in his life with his public reception -- including selected exhibitions, publications, honors, and awards -- is illustrated with family photographs. Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) spent his childhood in New York City, attending classes at the Harlem Community Art Center and the American Artists School, and later working for the Federal Art Project. While still in his twenties Lawrence exhibited his paintings at major museums across the country, including the Phillips Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he became the first African American artist represented in the permanent collection. He lived, painted, and taught in New York City until 1971, when he moved to Seattle to join the faculty of the University of Washington. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the National Medal of Arts.
The paperback edition of Over the Line is published in conjunction with a major exhibition opening at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, on May 26, 2001, and traveling to the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Table of Contents
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction
Chronology: Life-ReceptionInside-Outside, Uptown-DowntownThe Education of Jacob LawrenceThe critical Context of Jacob Lawrence's Early Works, 1938-1952Harmonizer of ChaosJacob Lawrence's Paintings during the Protest Years of the 1960sThe Structure of Narrative: Form and Content in Jacob Lawrence's Builders Paintings, 1948-1998Jacob Lawrence: Modernism, Race, and CommunityThe Materials and Techniques of Jacob Lawrence
AppendixBibliographyIndexNotes on ContributorsThe Exhibition
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