The Photographer

1942

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 22 1/8 × 30 1/2 in. (56.2 × 77.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2001.205
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Jacob Lawrence Fair Use (WikiArt source label)License details

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Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Photographer — Jacob Lawrence. 1942.

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Dimensions: 22 1/8 × 30 1/2 in. (56.2 × 77.5 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, 2001.

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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