Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)

Men at Work

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Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Men at Work
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence/1947' (lower right)
gouache on paper
15¾ x 19¾ in. (40 x 50.2 cm.)
Provenance
[With]The Dowtown Gallery, New York.
Marvin Small, New York.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1948.
Literature
The Butler Institute of American Art, Sixty Years of Collecting American Art: An Index to the Permanent Collection, Youngstown, Ohio, 1979, p. 23.
I.S. Sweetkind, ed., The Butler Institute of American Art Index to the Permanent Collection, Youngstown, Ohio, 1997, p. 106, illustrated.
P. Nesbett and M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 101, no. P47-03, illustrated.
Exhibited
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Fifty-Four Paintings, Drawings, Prints by Contemporary Americans Acquired during the Past Year by The Butler Institute, November 12-December 12, 1948, no. 18.
San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio Museum of Art, Jacob Lawrence: American Society in Transition, March 28-June 9, 1996.
Seattle, Washington, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Painting Life, July 2-September 27, 1998.
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