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Confrontation at the Bridge

In this screenprint, a large crowd of dark-brown-skinned figures dressed in bright yellow, red, blue, and green clothing are crossing a bridge. All of the people recoil in fear as a menacing wolf-like animal approaches them from the other side of the bridge.
© 2018 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • In this screenprint, a large crowd of dark-brown-skinned figures dressed in bright yellow, red, blue, and green clothing are crossing a bridge. All of the people recoil in fear as a menacing wolf-like animal approaches them from the other side of the bridge.

Date:

1975

Artist:

Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob Lawrence

Title

Confrontation at the Bridge

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1975

Medium

Color screenprint on white wove card

Dimensions

49.4 × 65.8 cm (19 1/2 × 25 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Andrew and Ann Dintenfass

Reference Number

2006.408

Copyright

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

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