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Description

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Douglass, 1999
Screenprint in colors on Rising paper
32 x 23 inches (81.3 x 58.4 cm) (sheet)
A.P. 8/16 (aside from an edition of 125)
Signed, editioned, titled, and dated in pencil along lower edge
Published by the National Association of Black Journalists, Adelphi, Maryland
Printed by Lou Stovall Workshop, Inc., Washington D.C.; with their blindstamp lower left

LITERATURE:
Nesbett, 99-2.

Additional impressions of this work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; and the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington.


More information about Jacob Lawrence. See also: Lawrence, Jacob Artist.

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000.

Condition Report*: Presents very will. Minor bumped corner upper right and lower left. A few minor marks/areas of burnishing in the lower right corner of the work, does not appear to majorly impact composition. A few minor marks verso. Unframed. No tears, losses, or major staining/toning observed.
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October
16th Thursday 10:50 am CT
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