Subway Home from Work

In an interesting use of perspective and space, Lawrence depicts a busy street scene of commuters after a day’s work. The indistinguishable forms of the commuters coupled with the geometric patterning of the pavement and subway line create a graphic rendering of this street scene.
SKU: 12239
Creator: Jacob Lawrence
Date: 1943
Original Medium: gouache on paper
Original Size: 14 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.
Location: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
© 2011 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York