Jacob Lawrence, There are combustibles in every State, which a spark might set fire to. Washington, 26 December 1786. Private Collection. © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen.

PEM’s Historic Jacob Lawrence Exhibition Leads to Discovery of Missing Painting

Displayed in the exhibit as only an empty panel, Panel 16 was discovered by a keen-eyed Met visitor and reunited with the PEM-organized exhibit.

Northshore MagazineOctober 22, 2020

A painting by esteemed American artist Jacob Lawrence, unlocated for decades, has been discovered and will join the nationally-touring exhibition Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM). Panel number 16 is one of 30 that comprise Lawrence’s powerful epic series Struggle: From the History of the American People (1954–56), and it will be reunited this week with the series’ other works, now on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York City through November 1. Until now, the missing panel which had not been seen publicly since 1960, was represented in the exhibition a

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PEM’s Historic Jacob Lawrence Exhibition Leads to Discovery of Missing Painting

Displayed in the exhibit as only an empty panel, Panel 16 was discovered by a keen-eyed Met visitor and reunited with the PEM-organized exhibit.

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