Lot 3
Lot 3
New York in Transit I

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Price Realised USD 50,000
Estimate
USD 50,000 - USD 70,000
Closed: 4 Mar 2014
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New York in Transit I

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Price Realised USD 50,000
Closed: 4 Mar 2014
Price Realised USD 50,000
Closed: 4 Mar 2014
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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
New York in Transit I
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 1996' (lower right)
gouache and pencil on paper
13 x 42 in. (33 x 106.7 cm.), image; 26¼ x 47¼ in. (66.7 x 120 cm.), overall


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


Literature
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 210, no. P96-01, illustrated.
D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings, 1936-1999, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2008, pp. 71-72, 78, illustrated.


Exhibited
Seattle, Washington, Francine Seders Gallery, Jacob Lawrence as Muralist, July 2-August 2, 1998.
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Mural Studies, February 8-March 11, 2006.
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings 1936-1999, February 13-March 22, 2008.
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