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- Created by
- Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
- Subject of
- Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
- Printed by
- Stovall, Lou, American, 1937 - 2023
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (56.2 x 81.6 cm)
- Description
- This silkscreen print depicts four men gathered around a table. Three of the men stand facing the viewer, while the fourth sits with his back to the viewer. He uses his left hand to point at a map on the table between them. There is a short candle burning at the opposite end of the table, as well as a torch. There is a brown sheet pinned up to two trees behind the men. Tall grasses are visible beyond the sheet. The image is surrounded by a wide white margin, with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc. in the lower left corner.
- 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
- 2008.12.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.