A Harlem street scene by Jacob Lawrence, Ambulance Call

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Jacob Lawrence, Ambulance Call, 1948, tempera on board, 61 x 50.8 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art) Speakers: Jennifer Padgett, assistant curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Beth Harris

 

Additional resources:

This painting at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Anna Diamond, “Why the Works of Visionary Artist Jacob Lawrence Still Resonate a Century After His Birth,” September 5, 2017) Smithsonian.com

Jacob Lawrence (from the Whitney Museum of American Art)

Cite this page as: Dr. Jennifer Padgett, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Beth Harris, "A Harlem street scene by Jacob Lawrence, Ambulance Call," in Smarthistory, October 3, 2018, accessed June 8, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/a-harlem-street-scene-by-jacob-lawrence-ambulance-call-2/.