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Jacob Lawrence

American, 1917-2000

Going to Work — Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000). Going to Work, 1943. Gouache on paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (54.7 x 37 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1944 (RCA1944:7). © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Going to Work — Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000). Going to Work, 1943. Gouache on paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (54.7 x 37 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1944 (RCA1944:7). © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Going to Work, 1943

gouache on paper

sheet: 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (54.61 x 36.83 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1944

RCA1944:7

Inscriptions:

signature / lower right / J. Lawrence 43

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Gouache (painting)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Jacob Lawrence's Going to Work captures the everyday lives of New Yorkers, highlighting the experience of commuting on the subway together. This stand-alone work is similar in style to those in the artist's famed, epic narrative series of paintings, The Migration Series (1940-41; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., and The Museum of Modern Art, New York).

Label from Overtime: The Art of Work, March 8–May 17, 2015