The skaters / Lawrence Beall Smith '39. – Vintage Wall Art
![The skaters / Lawrence Beall Smith '39., [19]39. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cff4d279537c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The skaters / Lawrence Beall Smith '39.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The skaters / Lawrence Beall Smith '39.
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Titled *The Skaters* and dated 1939, this lithograph shows young African American children on roller skates, a scene of everyday city play from the late Depression years. Lawrence Beall Smith signed and titled the print by hand in pencil, and it is part of the Library of Congress's Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection. Its focus on ordinary street life reflects the realist prints of the 1930s, which turned attention to city neighborhoods and the people who lived in them. The Library included the print in its 1999 exhibition *Life of the People*, which drew on the Goldstein holdings.
| Created / published | [19]39. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph ; 28.5 x 22 cm. (image),39.2 x 30.2 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1930-1940. |
| Notes | American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 459. Signed and titled in pencil. Copyright by Estate of Lawrence Beall Smith. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1997:015.1433 |
| Subjects | African Americans--Children--1930-1940. Roller skating--1930-1940. City & town life--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,666 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220119 |
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