Virginia Interior

Jacob Lawrence's artwork, "Virginia Interior," was created in 1942. This gouache on ivory wove paper measures 56 × 58.4 cm (22 1/16 × 23 in.) and is classified as a drawing. It is part of the Prints and Drawings department at the Art Institute of Chicago, where it was bequeathed by Earle Ludgin in 1981, having been part of the Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection.

The artwork's provenance traces back to the Art Institute of Chicago, following Earle Ludgin's bequest. Prior to this, its specific ownership history is not fully documented, though it was "Possibly the Downtown Gallery, New York." It has been featured in several exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, including "Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman Series of 1938-40" (1992), "Since the Harlem Renaissance: Sixty Years of African American Art" (1996), and "A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago" (2003).

Further exhibition history at the Art Institute of Chicago includes "Modern in America: Works on Paper, 1900-1950s" in 2010. The work is also cited in the publication "American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955" (2009). There is no information provided regarding auction prices or additional attributions for this piece.