Color screenprint on wove paper, Ink, Paper, Screen Print
Category
American Art, 1945 to Today
Acquisition
Accession
2023.104
Source or Donor
Kevin Rowe, Irene Vlitos Rowe
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Crocker Art Museum, gift of Rowe Collection
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kevin Rowe, Irene Vlitos Rowe
Notes
Crocker Art Museum, gift of Rowe Collection
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Role
Artist
Date made
1977
Time Period
20th Century
Lexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Web-Tag-Black Artists
Dimensions
Height
24-3/8 in
Width
34-1/2 in
Location
Category
Storage
Category
Storage
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Website Medium
Label
Screenprint on wove paper
General Notes
Note Type
Artist Statement
Note
This print by Jacob Lawrence was commissioned for the portfolio “Inaugural Impressions”, Lawrence initially created two paintings and this screenprint was modeled after the first one he made.
This is a scene of the inauguration from 1977 when Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the 39th President of the United States. Lawrence said about the people watching the inauguration that had climbed the trees to get a better view - “I see it as the most important ingredient of the election and the inauguration, and that’s the people themselves”
-Ro Gallery
https://www.rogallery.com/artists/jacob-lawrence/the-swearing-in/
