Item Information
Title: Photograph of Jacob Lawrence with Harlem Scene (The Butcher Shop)
Date: 1938 December 9
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Description: Annotated black and white photograph of Jacob Lawrence as a student in front of his artwork.
Handwritten annotations in ink on front read: Print full as shown [arrow to artwork]; Print same size to be superimposed on painting as shown [arrow to Jacob Lawrence]; 2 each.
Printed caption taped to bottom of photograph reads: A painting and the artist. A student at the Harlem Community Art Center,; where instruction is given by the Art Teaching Division of the New York; City WPA Art Project. This painting was exhibited by the Harlem Artists; Guild.
Handwritten identification in ink on verso: Location: Children's ptngs; Harlem Art Center, 290 Lenox Ave, NYC; Date: 12/9/38; Negative number: 3513-2; Photographer: Herman [?].
Creator: Unidentified
Forms part of: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Photograph of Jacob Lawrence with Harlem Scene (The Butcher Shop), 1938 December 9. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 24915