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Underground Railroad: Fording a Stream

Jacob Lawrence

American Art

PORTFOLIO/SERIES From the portfolio: "Negro: U.S.A. A Graphic History of the Negro People in America Workshop Prints No. 2"
ARTIST Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917–2000
MEDIUM Woodcut
DATES 1949
DIMENSIONS sheet: 9 x 14 in. (22.9 x 35.6 cm) image: 4 1/2 x 11 in. (11.4 x 27.9 cm)
SIGNATURE Signed in plate, lower center: "Jacob Lawrence 1948"
INSCRIPTIONS Printed below image "Underground Railroad: Fording a Stream" (left) and "Jacob Lawrence" (right)
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 1997.156.4
CREDIT LINE Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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