Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Name: Massachusetts Textile Mill Study IV
Brand: Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Price: 5500.00 USD
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Price Realised USD 6,875

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Closed: 4 Mar 2014

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Massachusetts Textile Mill Study IV

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Price Realised USD 6,875

Closed: 4 Mar 2014

Price Realised USD 6,875

Closed: 4 Mar 2014

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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Massachusetts Textile Mill Study IV
crayon on paper
14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1966.

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. 244, no. D66-04, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

According to Peter Nesbett and Michelle DuBois, the present work is "one of at least four sketches done on location at Sidney Frauwirth's textile mill in Bedford, Massachusetts." (, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 243.)

“…definitely his major message throughout his career was that, through continuous struggle, things would get better. He used the word ‘struggle’ a great deal. It was striking.”