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Jacob Lawrence

(American, 1917–2000)

Boys at Play

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Object Details

Artist

Jacob Lawrence

Date

1966

Medium

Pen and ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 22 1/2 × 30 1/2 inches (57.2 × 77.5 cm)
Frame: 29 1/4 × 37 1/8 × 1 1/4 inches (74.3 × 94.3 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Isabel and William Berley, Classes of 1947 and 1945

Object
Number

99.078.046

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