Note on Art
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Title
Note on Art
Subject
A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic reference, specifically African American painter Jacob Lawerence.
Description
This sprawling note from LeRoy Neiman on African American artist Jacob Lawrence provides discrete phrases linking the artists’ work. Lawrence (b. 1917) was focused on conveying the experience of black America through petite narrative paintings, often completed in series, pairing brown and black figures with brilliant geometries, which he saw as abstracted from Harlem's scenery and architecture. And although the artists’ works are stylistically distinct, Neiman saw an overlap between their interests, regarding a special attention to blue collar laborers, branding Lawrence's work with his recurrent phrase, “the dignity of the working class.”
Creator
LeRoy Neiman
Source
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Publisher
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Date
c. 1990-2011
Contributor
LeRoy Neiman
Rights
Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.
Relation
Notes
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
LN_Notes_2301
Coverage
New York (N.Y.) New York
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence (depicted with sensitivity) The dignity of the working man
[…]
carpenters
Builders – This is Harlem
Plight of the oppressed (let no agree It must be mentioned here)
O.K.
skip about stray
Black
ARTIST -
Jacob Lawrence (depicted with sensitivity) The dignity of the working man
[…]
carpenters
Builders – This is Harlem
Plight of the oppressed (let no agree It must be mentioned here)
O.K.
skip about stray
Black
ARTIST -
Original Format
Pencil, pen, and marker on paper.
Files
Collection
Citation
LeRoy Neiman, “Note on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed May 7, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/215.