Jacob Lawrence letter to Edith Gregor Halpert

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Object Details

Creator

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000

Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970

Subject

Lawrence, Jacob

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 4 p. : handwritten ; 25 x 16 cm.

Summary

Discusses sales of his work and what he is working on currently (pen and ink drawings "on the south"). He gives his impressions of St. Augustine as a hostile city for an African American and mentions that he is working his experiences into a series of drawings on "how a Negro sees the South."
Written on letterhead of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station.

Citation

Jacob Lawrence. Jacob Lawrence letter to Edith Gregor Halpert, 1944 Jan.. Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1944 Jan.

Record number

(DSI-AAA)15163

Type

Correspondence

Place

St. Augustine, Fla.

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Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

African Americans

Art market

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_15163