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The Builders

Screenprint of what appears to be a family walking in front of a group of construction workers building a wall. The figures all have dark-brown skin except for one construction worker with white skin. In the family group, a man and a woman hold hands with each other and two small children. The woman and the girl wear yellow dresses and red hats; the boy wears a blue shirt; the man wears a suit and a yellow hat. The workers in the background wear blue.
© 2018 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Screenprint of what appears to be a family walking in front of a group of construction workers building a wall. The figures all have dark-brown skin except for one construction worker with white skin. In the family group, a man and a woman hold hands with each other and two small children. The woman and the girl wear yellow dresses and red hats; the boy wears a blue shirt; the man wears a suit and a yellow hat. The workers in the background wear blue.

Date:

1974

Artist:

Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob Lawrence

Title

The Builders

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1974

Medium

Screenprint in black, red, gray, blue, ochre, and yellow on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 76 × 56 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 86.5 × 65.5 cm (34 1/16 × 25 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Andrew and Ann Dintenfass

Reference Number

2006.407

Copyright

© 2018 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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