Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Builders No. 1

Price realised USD 361,000
Estimate
USD 300,000 – USD 500,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Builders No. 1

Price realised USD 361,000
Closed: 29 Nov 2007
Price realised USD 361,000
Closed: 29 Nov 2007
Details
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Builders No. 1
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 68' (lower right)
gouache and tempera on paper
30½ x 22 in. (77.5 x 55.9 cm.)
Provenance
[With]Terry Dintenfass Inc., New York.
Mr. George Perutze.
[With]Terry Dintenfass Inc., New York.
Private collection, New Jersey.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Murray and R. Thomas, eds., Black Perspectives, New York, 1971, p. 157, illustrated.
R.H. Glauber, Black American Artists 71, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1971, n.p.
E. Stevenson, "The Artist as Social Commentator," Christian Science Monitor, August 7, 1973, p. 19.
P.T. Nesbett and M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 172, no. P68-03, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett and M. DuBois, eds., Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 216, pl. 79, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture Donated by Artists to Be Sold for the Benefit of the Southern Christian Leadership Foundation, October 30-November 3, 1968.
Chicago, Illinois, Illinois Bell Telephone, Black American Artists 71, January 12-February 5, 1971, no. 71.
New York, Terry Dintenfass, Inc., Builders: Jacob Lawrence Paintings, October 16-November 3, 1973, no. 1.

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