141 JACOB LAWRENCE (1917 - 2000)
The Library
.
Color screenprint on heavy cream wove paper, 1978. 260x384 mm; 10
1
/
2
x15
1
/
4
inches, full margins.
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 56/100 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the ScreenWorkshop,
East Hampton, NY. Published by Five Towns Music and Art Foundation,Woodmere, NY.
This print is based on a 1966 gouache painting, which shares the theme of libraries with his paintings
The Libraries Are Appreciated
, 1943, from the Harlem Series,
Library II
and
Library III
, both 1960.
Nesbett L78-1.
[4,000/6,000]
