Builders: Stained Glass Window
- On View
- Cultural Expressions Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Created by
- Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
- Printed by
- Stovall, Lou, American, 1937 - 2023
- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- printing ink on rag paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32 3/16 × 25 1/8 in. (81.8 × 63.8 cm)
- Description
- This silkscreen print depicts three individual figures with building implements in their hands. The figures and their clothing are formed by blocks of bright color. The middle figure, shown from the shoulders up, holds a hammer in his left hand and is passing a compass to a second individual with his right hand. The second figure, shown from the back, carries a saw in his right hand. The third figure, standing at the left margin, holds a hand drill. Behind the figures is a black arch in a red wall. Within the black arch is a red field with patches of green, yellow, black and brown. Surrounding the figures are geometric shapes in black, grey, and red. The print has a wide white margin. Under the bottom left corner of the image is a circular, abstract chopmark and the numbers "44/135" handwritten in pencil. Below the bottom right corner is the artist's signature "Jacob Lawrence - 2000” handwritten in pencil.
- Place made
- Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- screen prints
- Topic
- Art
- Building Arts
- Labor
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.222
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2015 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.