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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Builders―Builder with Pear
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence/1998' (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. 23, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 211, no. P98-03, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, et al., Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, Seattle, Washington, 2000, pp. 206-07, illustrated.


Exhibited
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: The Builders, November 18-December 30, 1998.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Susquehanna Art Museum, American Abstraction/American Realism: The Great Debate, June 8-August 21, 1999.
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