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M. Victor Leventritt Lecture

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Patricia Hills, Boston University

Created between 1986 and 1997, these 15 silkscreen prints by Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) tell the story of the man who was born a slave but rose to lead the liberation of Haiti.

This is a collaborative program of the Harvard Art Museum and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.
A reception and viewing of the prints will follow at the Rudenstine Gallery, Du Bois Institute, 104 Mt. Auburn Street. The related exhibition is open to the public September 15–December 15, 2009.

Free admission.

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.

The M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Fund was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.