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Four carpenters at work in their shop.

Jacob Lawrence

American, 1917-2000

The Carpenters, 1946

Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper

19 ½ x 25 ½ inches

Signed and dated lower right

 

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Four carpenters at work in their shop.
In this colorful scene by Jacob Lawrence, mbulance attendants lift a stretcher carrying an ailing figure covered in white sheets

Lawrence's "Ambulance Call"

Portrait of Jacob Lawrence in black and white

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This work by Jacob Lawrence shows characters in the upper third, with bright red earth in front

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