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JACOB LAWRENCE (1917 - 2000)
Fish Fry
.
Pen and ink on wove paper, 1961. 450x600 mm; 17
5
/
8
x23
5
/
8
inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right.
Provenance: private NewYork collection.
Exhibited: DC Moore Gallery, NewYork, with the label on the frame back.
There are only a few drawings of this size and complexity from this period recorded in the catalogue
raisonné. Lawrence described other NewYork City street scenes at the time like
Chess on Broadway
also from 1961. Not in Nesbett.
[20,000/30,000]