Lot 8
  • 8

Jacob Lawrence 1917 - 2000

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacob Lawrence
  • Games—Pocket Pool
  • signed Jacob Lawrence and dated 99 (lower right); also titled GAMES—POCKET POOL on the reverse
  • gouache on paper
  • 24 by 18 inches
  • (61 by 45.7 cm)

Provenance

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, May 2001-January 2003, no. 132

Literature

Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, no. P99-05, p. 215, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The paper is hinged to the mat at the upper corners.
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