Amon Carter print details
A brightly-colored print of a nicely dressed Black family walking past men doing construction on a city street.
A brightly-colored print of a nicely dressed Black family walking past men doing construction on a city street.

The Builders

Jacob Armstead Lawrence (1917-2000)

Object Details

  • Date

    1974

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Screenprint

  • Contributors

    Printed by Ives-Sillman, Inc.

    Published by IBM Corporation

  • Dimensions

    Image: 30 x 22 1/8 in.
    Sheet: 34 x 25 3/4 in.

  • Edition

    Ives-Sillman test print outside edition of 300 + 20AP

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    printed l.r. below image: IVES-SILLMAN PRINT (non-edition) \ JACOB LAWRENCE \ "THE BUILDERS, THE FAMILY", 1974

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Ann and Andrew Dintenfass

  • Accession Number

    2009.1

  • Copyright

    © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Additional details

Location: Off view
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