The Birth of Toussaint
- Created by
- Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
- Subject of
- Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
- Printed by
- Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32 1/8 x 22 in. (81.6 x 55.9 cm)
- Description
- This silkscreen print depicts a mother tucked in bed, holding a baby in her arms. The bed is on the right within an angular room with one window at far left, with a small table in the center of the room. Tall green strands of grass are visible through the window. The room's timbers are done in shades or brown, eggplant, and olive green. At bottom left is the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., signed at bottom right.
- Place printed
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- screen prints
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Art
- Colonialism
- Decolonization
- Freedom
- French colonialism
- Men
- Military
- Resistance
- Slavery
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2008.12.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.