Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

Market Scene

Artist Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917 - 2000)

Date1966

MediumGouache on paper

Dimensions10 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (26.7 × 36.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 18 × 22 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (45.7 × 56.2 × 3.2 cm)

ClassificationsModern art

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2018.22

Collections

Modern and Contemporary

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DescriptionThe work is a painted image of a marketplace in Nigeria. Several black figures engage in commerce, with a man and woman in the center talking with a trader over a bolt of cloth. A woman in the left edge and a woman on the right edge of the scene each carries a baby on her back, though the figure on the left also carries wares on her head. A chicken walks past and several other figures in the background are also conducting business.
Label TextJacob Lawrence American, 1917–2000 Market Scene, 1966 Tempera and gouache on paper Chrysler Museum of Art, Museum purchase 2018.22