Object Details
- Created by
- Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
- Subject of
- Toussaint Louverture, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
- Printed by
- Lou Stovall, American, 1937 - 2023
- Description
- This silkscreen print depicts a mother tucked in bed, holding a baby in her arms. The bed is on the right within an angular room with one window at far left, with a small table in the center of the room. Tall green strands of grass are visible through the window. The room's timbers are done in shades or brown, eggplant, and olive green. At bottom left is the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., signed at bottom right.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1986
- Object number
- 2008.12.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- screen prints
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32 1/8 x 22 in. (81.6 x 55.9 cm)
- Place printed
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- African diaspora
- Art
- Colonialism
- Decolonization
- Freedom
- French colonialism
- Men
- Military
- Resistance
- Slavery
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2008.12.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e95347cb-b62e-48e5-98b2-7f323376ac8b
