Let My People Go

ca. 1935–39

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Dimensions: 48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm)
Collection no.: 2015.42
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Copyright protected (WikiArt label)License details

Aaron Douglas. Let My People Go. Image: WikiArt. Copyright protected (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Let My People Go — Aaron Douglas. ca. 1935–39.

Medium: Oil on Masonite. Dimensions: 48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2015.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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