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The Builders

Contemporary Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care
PRINTER Ives-Sillman
PUBLISHER IBM
MEDIUM Screenprint
DATES 1974
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 34 x 25 3/4 in. (86.4 x 65.4 cm) Image: 30 x 22 1/8 in. (76.2 x 56.2 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed and dated bottom right recto "Jacob Lawrence, 1974" Titled bottom center recto Numbered bottom left recto in graphite
INSCRIPTIONS Printed by Styria Studios, with their chop, lower right.
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 84.23
CREDIT LINE Gift of Helen and Monte Getler
PROVENANCE Prior to 1984, provenance not yet documented; by 1984, acquired by Helen and Monte Getler of New York, NY; February 16, 1984, gift of Helen and Monte Getler to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care
CAPTION Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000). The Builders, 1974. Screenprint, Sheet: 34 x 25 3/4 in. (86.4 x 65.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Helen and Monte Getler, 84.23. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.23_PS20.jpg)
EDITION Edition: 46/300, 20 APs
IMAGE overall, 84.23_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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