Lawrence, Jacob
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No place, unknown, or undeterminedLetter : 4 p. : handwritten ; 25 x 16 cm.Discusses sales of his work and what he is working on currently (pen and ink drawings "on the south"). He gives his impressions of St. Augustine as a hostile city for an African American and mentions that he is working his experiences into a series of drawings on "how a Negro sees the South." Written on letterhead of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station.Jacob Lawrence. Jacob Lawrence letter to Edith Gregor Halpert, 1944 Jan.. Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.Current copyright status is undeterminedArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
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