Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000). The Burning, from The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1997. Screenprint in colors on Risi...

Description

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
The Burning, from The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1997
Screenprint in colors on Rising two-ply rag paper
22 x 32 inches (55.9 x 81.3 cm)
Ed. 109/125 (aside from 15 artist's proofs, and 10 printer's proofs)
Signed, editioned, titled, and dated in pencil along lower edge
Published by Amistad Research Center, New Orleans and Spradling-Ames, Key West, Florida
Printed by Lou Stovall Workshop, Inc., Washington D.C.; with their blindstamp lower left

LITERATURE:
Nesbett, L97-4.

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.

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