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Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000
The Library, 1978
Color screenprint
© 2026 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Books galore, this library is a bustling hub of activity. Behind a librarian hard at work, people search for books or quietly read among the stacks. Jacob Lawrence, a trailblazing and renowned 20th century artist, is best-known for epic narratives depicting African American history, including the Great Migration and the life of Frederick Douglass. The Library, with its flat, graphic planes and simplified, geometric figures rendered in bold primary colors, is characteristic of his vivid, energetic work.