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ID: 700009584 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009584 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 2 | |
Blind Beggars (painting (visual work); Lawrence, Jacob (American painter, 1917-2000); 1938; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 43.47.28) | |
Note: Depicts a blind couple holding a beggar's cup attempting to walk down a city street while children play around them. Lawrence demonstrates concern over social issues through his work. | |
Titles: |
Blind Beggars (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) |
paintings (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1938 |
Lawrence, Jacob (American painter, 1917-2000) [preferred] |
draftsman 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: 43.47.28 |
Credit Line: Gift of New York City W. P. A., 1943 |
Display Materials: Tempera on illustration board |
tempera [300015062] | |
.......(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) |
illustration board [300014229] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by form>, pasteboard (paper), cardboard) |
Dimensions: 51.1 x 38.1 cm |
American (preferred) |
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) |
genre (preferred) |
human figures |
blind (people) [300163825] | |
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, <groups of people by state or condition>, exceptional people, people with disabilities, people with physical disabilities) (AAT) |
beggar [300188618] | |
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT) |
children (people by age group) [300025945] | |
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>, youth (people)) (AAT) |
Creation Number: 43.47.28 |
Copyright: © 2010 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
Provenance: New York City W. P. A. (until 1943; their gift to MMA) |
Inscriptions: Signed and dated (lower right): J. Lawrence '38 |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Blind Beggars | ........ [VP] |
........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Blind Beggars," accessed 29 October 2018 | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Blind Beggars," accessed 29 October 2018 |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "Blind Beggars," accessed 29 October 2018 | |
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