Toussaint at Ennery

1989

Jacob Lawrence

Associated Names
Jacob Lawrence

Artist, American, 1917 - 2000

Lou Stovall

Printer, American, 1937 - 2023

This print displays curved and angular shapes in bold colors that create a scene reminiscent of a cavalry charge. There appear to be two rows of overlapping horses, all positioned closely together and facing the right. The horses are in shades of white, gray, and black. Each horse has a rider on its back. The riders wear coats in alternating shades of red and brown, and they all wear tall teal hats with darker blue brims. They have curved teal-and-green swords hanging from their sides. The features of the riders are simplified, and we can only see one rider's face, which is entirely black except for one visible white eye. The ground beneath the horses is brown, with thin stripes of blue, red, white, and yellow shooting up in some areas, looking like colorful flames. The sky in the background is a pale blue-gray color.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.3 x 73.5 cm (18 5/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 55.9 x 81.6 cm (22 x 32 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.30.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nesbett 2001, no. L89-3

  • Series Title

    Toussaint L'Overture


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin, New York; acquired 1993 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Harlem Renaissance, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 2009, no. 49

2021

  • Afro-Atlantic Histories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 2021-2024 (shown only in Washington), no repro.

Bibliography

2001

  • Nesbett, Peter T. Jacob Lawrence: The Complete Prints (1963-2000), A Catalogue Raisonné. Seattle, Washington, 2001: p. 75, no. L89-3.

2008

  • Hill, Carolyn, et.al. Harlem Renaissance. Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 2008: no. 49.

2021

  • Pedrosa, Adriano, and Toledo, Tomàs, editors.Afro-Atlantic Histories. Exh. cat. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2021-2022.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 53/99; lower center in graphite: Toussaint at Ennery; lower right in graphite: Jacob Lawrence - 1989

Markings

embossed lower left: [Lou Stovall]

Wikidata ID

Q75122342

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