Lot Essay
The present work was commissioned by the Champion Paper Company for reproduction in a book on Africa.
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Property from a Private Collection, Laguna Niguel, California
JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
The Serengeti
Details
JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
The Serengeti
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 74' (lower right)
tempera, gouache and pencil on paper
20 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. (51.4 x 62.2 cm.)
Executed in 1974.
The Serengeti
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 74' (lower right)
tempera, gouache and pencil on paper
20 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. (51.4 x 62.2 cm.)
Executed in 1974.
Provenance
Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York.
Champion International, Stamford, Connecticut.
Bonham's, New York, 24 May 2006, lot 1111, sold by the above.
Private collection, Maryland.
Doyle, New York, 9 May 2018, lot 65.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Champion International, Stamford, Connecticut.
Bonham's, New York, 24 May 2006, lot 1111, sold by the above.
Private collection, Maryland.
Doyle, New York, 9 May 2018, lot 65.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
G. Jones, "Jacob Lawrence: The Master Nobody Knows," Washington, November-December 1984, pp. 56-57, illustrated.
E.H. Wheat, Jacob Lawrence: American Painter, exhibition catalogue, Seattle, Washington, 1986, p. 173, pl. 91, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 181, no. P75-02, illustrated.
E.H. Wheat, Jacob Lawrence: American Painter, exhibition catalogue, Seattle, Washington, 1986, p. 173, pl. 91, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 181, no. P75-02, illustrated.
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Tylee Abbott
Vice President, Head of American Art