Lot Essay
These prints are based on the gouache paintings from the 1941 John Brown series in the permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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JACOB LAWRENCE (b. 1917)
Robert Hayden, The Legend of John Brown, Detroit, Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977 (Seders 77.5)
the set of twenty-two signed, titled, dated and numbered screenprints in colors, on wove paper, with title and text, signed in pencil by the artist and author on the justification page, copy 25 of 60 (there were also 20 hors-commerce), all with the Founders Society and Ives-Sillman blindstamps, in excellent condition, original blue buckrum-covered portfolio and orange buckrum-covered slipcase
all S. 25 3/4 x 20 1/8in. (653 x 511mm.)the set (22)
Robert Hayden, The Legend of John Brown, Detroit, Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977 (Seders 77.5)
the set of twenty-two signed, titled, dated and numbered screenprints in colors, on wove paper, with title and text, signed in pencil by the artist and author on the justification page, copy 25 of 60 (there were also 20 hors-commerce), all with the Founders Society and Ives-Sillman blindstamps, in excellent condition, original blue buckrum-covered portfolio and orange buckrum-covered slipcase
all S. 25 3/4 x 20 1/8in. (653 x 511mm.)the set (22)