‘Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence’ at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia

'Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence' SCAD — Jacob Lawrence, *The Card Game*, 1953, tempera on board.

©2017 THE JACOB AND GWENDOLYN LAWRENCE FOUNDATION, SEATTLE AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/SCAD MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF DR. WALTER O. AND MRS. LINDA J. EVANS

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.

Today’s show: “Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence” is on view at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, through Sunday, February 4. The group exhibition, staged in celebration of the centennial of the artist’s birth, presents work by Lawrence alongside modern and contemporary artists, including Josef Albers, Romare Bearden, José Clemente Orozco, Marsden Hartley, Horace Pippin, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Derrick Adams, Meleko Mokgosi, Hank Willis Thomas, Faith Ringgold, Jack Whitten, Sanford Biggers, and Kara Walker, among others.

Jacob Lawrence, The Card Game, 1953, tempera on board.

©2017 THE JACOB AND GWENDOLYN LAWRENCE FOUNDATION, SEATTLE AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/SCAD MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF DR. WALTER O. AND MRS. LINDA J. EVANS

Jacob Lawrence, Letter from Home, 1947, egg tempera on hardboard.

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Jacob Lawrence, Woman with Veil, 1937, tempera on brown paper.

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Jacob Lawrence, Wounded Man, 1968, gouache on paper.

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Jacob Lawrence, Figure Study after Vesalius [Back with Tools and Steps], 1979/1996, graphite on paper.

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Jacob Lawrence, Figure Study after Vesalius [Profile with Window], ca. 1977, graphite on paper.

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Romare Bearden, The Block II, 1972, collage on board.

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Aaron Douglas, The Creation, 1927, gouache on paper.

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Aaron Douglas, The Judgment Day, 1927, gouache on paper.

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