Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000
Workshop, 1972
Artwork Details
Materials
lithograph
Edition:
20/100
Measurements
sheet: 20 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches (51.75 x 55.24 cm); mat: 20 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches (51.75 x 55.24 cm)
Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Daniel A. Roblin, Jr., 1978
Accession ID
P1978:11.13
Workshop is exemplary of Jacob Lawrence's later, somewhat more stylized printmaking. In it, a group of adults is hard at work on a carpentry project while two small children play with leftover tools, perhaps suggesting that they will follow in their fathers' footsteps.
Label from Overtime: The Art of Work, March 8–May 17, 2015
