<I>Contemplation</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Created by
content: Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Toussaint Louverture, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
label: Printed by
content: Lou Stovall, American, 1937 - 2023
notes: label: Description
content: This silkscreen print depicts a seated man shown from the back. Wearing a white shirt and bright red vest with gold colored horizontal stripes across the back, he is shown reading a book by candlelight. He rests his elbow on the table in front of him, a tall candlestick by his elbow. On the wall to the man's right is a shelf with several books. Surrounding the image is a wide white margin. At the bottom left corner is the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., and the artist's signature at bottom right.
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.12.4
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32 1/16 x 22 1/8 in. (81.5 x 56.2 cm)