JACOB LAWRENCE/ THE MIGRATION SERIES

The Migration Series was divided between The Museum of Modern Art (even-numbered panels) and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (odd-numb ered panels). The work has since become a landmark in the history of African American art, a monument in the collections of both ins titutions and a crucial example of the way in which history painting was radically reimagined in the modern era. In 2015 and 2016, t he panels will be reunited in exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art (One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other W orks) an...[Read more]