1942, Jacob Lawrence, The Photographer -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the exhibition label: Along a busy street in Harlem, a construction worker descends into a manhole while a finely dressed businessman with a briefcase hurries to work. A horse-drawn cart carries a brass bed frame, perhaps a sign of new arrivals to the neighborhood. The movement in the scene is accentuated by Lawrence's frequent use of diagonal lines and angular shapes. In the midst of this colorful urban maelstrom, a photographer snaps a group portrait of a well-dressed family.
1942, Jacob Lawrence, The Photographer -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the exhibition label: Along a busy street in Harlem, a construction worker descends into a manhole while a finely dressed businessman with a briefcase hurries to work. A horse-drawn cart carries a brass bed frame, perhaps a sign of new arrivals to the neighborhood. The movement in the scene is accentuated by Lawrence's frequent use of diagonal lines and angular shapes. In the midst of this colorful urban maelstrom, a photographer snaps a group portrait of a well-dressed family.