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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Lullaby

Price realised USD 30,000
Estimate
USD 30,000 – USD 50,000
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)

Lullaby

Price realised USD 30,000
Price realised USD 30,000
Details
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Lullaby
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 67' (lower right)
gouache on paper
12½ x 12½ in. (31.8 x 31.8 cm.), image; 14½ x 14¼ in. (36.8 x 36.2 cm.), sheet
Provenance
Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, New York.
Sale: The Art Students League, New York.
Private collection, New York.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Lawrence, Harriet and the Promised Land, New York, 1968, n.p., illustrated.
J. Lawrence, Harriet and the Promised Land, New York, 1993, n.p., illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett and M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 163, no. P67-01-3, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett and M. DuBois, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, exhibition catalogue, Seattle, Washington, 2001, p. 328, no. 3, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Terry Dintenfass, Inc., Jacob Lawrence: Paintings for Harriet and the Promised Land, January 2-20, 1968.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, and elsewhere, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, May 27-August 19, 2001.

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