ID: 700009582 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009582	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Photographer (drawing (visual work); Lawrence, Jacob (American painter, 1917-2000); 1942; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 2001.205)

Note: Lawrence reflects upon everyday life in Harlem through this image, which depicts a scene of urban life, including a photographer taking an image of a family, a horse-drawn cart, workers carrying baskets or pushing carts, and a business man walking briskly down the street.

Titles:

The Photographer (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1942

Creator Display:

Lawrence, Jacob (American painter, 1917-2000) [preferred]

painter Lawrence, Jacob (American painter, 1917-2000) [500027690]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2001.205

Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001

Display Materials: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper

	watercolor (paint) [300015045]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 56.2 x 77.5 cm

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Harlem Renaissance [300121558] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, modern American, modern North American, African American)

General Subject:

activity (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	photographer [300025687]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the visual arts and related occupations>, <people in the visual arts>, artists (visual artists), <artists by medium or work type>) (AAT)

	flash photography [300226317]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic techniques, picture-taking techniques, <picture-taking techniques by radiation type>) (AAT)

Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Provenance: the artist (on consignment to Downtown Galleries, New York, 1942–at least 1946; sold by Downtown Gallery to Shahn); Ben Shahn, New York; his daughter, Abby Shahn (by 1992–2001; sold through D. C. Moore Gallery, New York to MMA)

Inscriptions: Signed and dated (lower right) J. LAWRENCE 42

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Photographer	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "The Photographer," accessed 24 October 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "The Photographer," accessed 24 October 2018