Jacob

Date1986

Maker Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Born Bridgetown, Barbados, 1913; died Seattle, Washington, 2005

Object number2009.52.59

Provenance[Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Washington]; purchased from gallery by Marshall and Helen Hatch, Seattle, Washington, 1987; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2009

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Francine Seders Gallery, 1987 {No catalogue?}. Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta University Center Consortioun, Virginia Lacey Jones Exhibition Hall, January 10 - February 10, 1988 {no catalogue?}. Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, Women's Caucus for the Arts: 1993 Awards, January 23 - March 21, 1993. No catalogue. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Lives Connected: Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight - Two African American Artists, February 22 - May 3, 1998. Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Jacob Lawrence: Painting Life, July 2 - September 27, 1998. Checklist no. 213. Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Never Late for Heaven: The Art of Gwen Knight, January 14 - May 2, 2003 (La Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, October 11, 2003 - January 2, 2004). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Forget Me Not: Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence and Jacob Lawrence, May 5 - September 9, 2007. No catalogue. Savannah, Georgia, SCAD Museum of Art, Lines of Influence, September 7, 2017 - February 4, 2018.Published ReferencesSeattle Art Museum: Bridging Cultures. London: Scala Publishers Ltd. for the Seattle Art Museum, 2007; pp. 18-19, ill. p. 18.

Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (36.2 x 26 cm)

MediumOil on canvas