Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Builders―Men on Ladders
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 98' (lower right)―inscribed with title (on the reverse)
gouache and pencil on paper
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)


Provenance
Collection of Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence, Seattle, Washington.
By bequest to the present owner.


Literature
P.T. Nesbett, Jacob Lawrence: The Builders, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1998, p. 11, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 213, no. P98-12, illustrated.
D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings, 1936-1999, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2008, pp. 67, 78, illustrated.


Exhibited
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: The Builders, November 18-December 30, 1998.
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings 1936-1999, February 13-March 22, 2008.