Details
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Artist in Studio
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 94' (lower right)
gouache and pencil on paper
26 x 19¾ in. (66 x 50.2 cm.)


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


Literature
C.L. Benson, Jacob Lawrence, exhibition catalogue, Savannah, Georgia, p. 20, fig. 14, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 209, no. P94-19, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, et al. , Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, Seattle, Washington, 2001, pp. 206-07, illustrated.
D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings, 1936-1999, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2008, pp. 69, 77, illustrated.


Exhibited
Seattle, Washington, University of Washington, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings 1971-1984, Inaugural Exhibition, October 19-December 6, 1994.
New York, Midtown Payson Galleries, Jacob Lawrence, An Overview: Paintings from 1936-1994, January 6-February 25, 1995.
La Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, Jacob Lawrence, An American Vision: Paintings and Prints 1942-1996, March 15-July 2, 1997.
Savannah, Georgia, Savannah College of Art and Design, Pinnacle Gallery, Jacob Lawrence, January 8-March 1, 1998, no. 14.
Seattle Washington, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Painting Life, July 2-September 27, 1998, no. 202.
Savannah, Georgia, Savannah College of Art and Design, Pinnable Gallery, Hindsight Is 20/20, September 16, 1999-January 2, 2000.
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings 1936-1999, February 13-March 22, 2008.
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The present work was commissioned to be translated into lithographs to benefit the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Endowment at the University of Washington, Seattle.

“He didn’t layer things, it was just straight painting of a flat color, filling in shapes [while] telling stories that meant a tremendous amount to him. He didn’t put a color down, let it dry, and put another color on top. He just went flat, like if you were cutting out pieces of paper.” – Linda Freeman, in an interview with Christie’s, February 2014.

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