Lot 22
Lot 22
The Chess Players

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Estimate
USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
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The Chess Players

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Details
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
The Chess Players
signed 'Jacob Lawrence' (lower right)
ink on paper
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Executed circa 1949.


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


Literature
S. Lewis, M.J. Hewitt, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings and Drawings, exhibition catalogue, Claremont, California, 1989, p. 52, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 229, no. D49-02, illustrated.


Exhibited
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Bank of Nova Scotia, and elsewhere, Arts America Program, United States Information Agency, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings and Drawings, February 1989, no. 34.
Seattle, Washington, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Painting Life, July 2-September 27, 1998, no. 66.
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