The Shoemaker

1945

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions: 22 3/4 × 31 in. (57.8 × 78.7 cm)
Collection no.: 46.73.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Copyright protected (WikiArt label)License details

Jacob Lawrence. The Shoemaker. Image: WikiArt. Copyright protected (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Shoemaker — Jacob Lawrence. 1945.

Medium: Watercolor and gouache on paper. Dimensions: 22 3/4 × 31 in. (57.8 × 78.7 cm).

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

Credit line: George A. Hearn Fund, 1946.

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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