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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jacob Lawrence, Confrontation at the Bridge, 1975
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jacob Lawrence, Confrontation at the Bridge, 1975

Jacob Lawrence 1917-2000

Confrontation at the Bridge, 1975
Silkscreen on paper
36 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.
92.7 x 75.6 cm
PFF186
© The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/ Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York Reproduction or downloading of Jacob Lawrence works is prohibited without written permission from ARS.
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Depiction of marchers being confronted by police on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
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Provenance

Freeman's Auction

Exhibitions

"Perspective on the Past: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Barbara Crawford Gallery, Chestnut Hill Academy. Dates: Jan 05, 2024 - Mar 08, 2024.


"Healing Through the Preservation of our Histories and Our Selves", University of Mary Washington. Dates: Jan 27, 2022 - Mar 24, 2022.


"Figures & Projections", Kutztown University. Dates: Oct 28, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021.


"An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Allentown Art Museum. Dates: Jun 02, 2019 - Sep 01, 2019.


"Ain't I America: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Hampton University. Dates: Jan 25, 2019 - May 11, 2019.


"Identities: African American Art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection", Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College. Dates: Jan 23, 2015 - Mar 07, 2015.


Publications

1. Multiple Contributors, (2021), "FIGURES AND PROJECTIONS: Selected Works from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Kutztown University - Figures and Projections, Catalog, Kutztown University, Miller Gallery, Kutztown, PA, Dan Haxall and Karen Stanford, https://issuu.com/millerku/docs/pff_at_ku 2. Multiple Contributors, (2021), "Healing Through the Preservation of Our Histories and Our Selves", University of Mary Washington - Healing, Catalog, UMW Galleries, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, John McMillan and Ashe Laughlin 3. Dan Haxall, PhD, (2019), "An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Allentown Art Museum - An Essential Presence, Catalog, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, https://www.academia.edu/39108270/An_Essential_Presence_The_Petrucci_Family_Foundation_Collection_of_African_American_Art_Allentown_Allentown_Art_Museum_2019_
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