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I see you, I see myself : the young life of Jacob Lawrence / Deba Foxley Leach ; with a foreword by Toni Morrison.
Fine Arts Library N6537.L384 L43 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leach, Deborah J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000--Childhood and youth--Exhibitions.
- Lawrence, Jacob.
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000.
- African American artists--Biography.
- African American artists.
- Art--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Activity programs--United States.
- Art.
- Art--Study and teaching (Middle school).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 63 pages : illustrations l. (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Phillips Collection, [2001]
- Summary:
- Written for young adult readers, "I See You, I See Myself" explores the early life of African-American artist Jacob Lawrence, who became a teenager on the eve of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s, and examines the experiences and choices that led Lawrence to become an artist. 86 illustrations, 65 in color.
- Contents:
- Moving 1917-30 Birth to Age 13 11
- Harlem 1930-32 Age 13-15 19
- Workshop Table 1932-34 Age 15-17 27
- Studio 306 1934-37 Age 17-20 35
- Artist with a Capital "A" 1938-41 Age 21-25 43
- I See You, I See Myself 54.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition held May 2001 and organized by the Phillips Collection.
- Accompanied by art activity handbook titled: The choice is yours / Suzanne Wright.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 63).
- Local Notes:
- Library lacks activity handbook.
- Contains:
- Wright, Suzanne, 1966- Choice is yours.
- ISBN:
- 094304426X
- OCLC:
- 46678431
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