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Bright, explosive bursts fill the space of the dilapidated apartment buildings. A yellow light in a first-story room suggests the presence of a tenant subjected to the bombings. This panel highlights the intense racism that occured when black migrants when moving into white neighborhoods in the North. This panel could be a reference to a Chicago neighborhood that experienced fifty-eight bombings at the homes of blacks between 1917 and 1921 following protests of their white neighbors concerning their residence.
SKU: 64041
Creator: Jacob Lawrence
Date: between 1940 and 1941
Original Medium: Casein tempera on hardboard
Original Size: 18 x 12 in.
Location: The Phillips Collection
© 2016 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The Migration Series, Panel no. 51: African Americans seeking to find better housing attempted to move into new areas. This resulted in the bombing of their new homes.
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We use the highest quality wood in our modern shop to create custom frames, frame your print with precision-cut acid-free mat board, and mount it behind a UV-blocking semi-gloss plexiglass to protect your art from the sun, dust, pollution, heat, and humidity. Then we add finishing touches like wall hanging mount, wall friendly bumpers and a protective backing.