Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 – 2000, 'In the Heart of the Black Belt,' 1947. Tempera on board, 20 x 24 in., Art Bridges. © 2021 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
The artists represented are Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Norman Wilfred Lewis, Lee Krasner, and Marsden Hartley, each of whom advanced narratives about race, gender, and regional identity.
By Chadd Scott
