Lawrence, Jacob, b. 1917 d. 2000
Educator, PainterNew York, N.Y., Seattle, Wash. (Show Bio)
Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1945-1995 (bulk 1973-1994)
9 linear ft.
More than half of the collection is correspondence with friends, artists, students, school children, art schools, galleries, museums, and others. Also found are writings by Lawrence and others, newsclippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, press releases, brochures, books, photographs of Lawrence, Knight, and Lawrence's artwork, scattered financial and business records, primarily relating to Lawrence's relationship with the Terry Dintenfass Gallery in New York, and two small lithographs by James Rosenquist.
Donated 1979-1997 by Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight.
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