One-way ticket

Author Langston Hughes American

Illustrator Jacob Lawrence American

Publisher Alfred Knopf Publishers

1949

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 999

Poems.

Reference: Dickinson, D.C.A bio-bibliography of Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, 18

Artwork Details

Overview

Title: One-way ticket
Author: Langston Hughes (American, 1902–1967)
Illustrator: Jacob Lawrence (American, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1917–2000 Seattle, Washington)
Publisher: Alfred Knopf Publishers
Date: 1949
Geography: New York, New York
Dimensions: xvii, 136 pages : illustrations ; Height: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
Object Number: PS3515.U274 O5 1949
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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