Aspiration

Details

JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
Aspiration
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 88 ©' (lower right)
gouache on paper
image, 29 ½ x 21 ½ in. (74.9 x 54.6 cm.);
sheet, 31 ½ x 23 ½ in. (80 x 59.7 cm.)
Executed in 1988-89.

Provenance

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Charlene Qualles, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2024.

Literature

P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999): A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 198, no. P89-01, illustrated.

Exhibited

Salem, Oregon, Willamette University, Hallie Brown Ford Gallery, Art Department, Jacob Lawrence: Drawings and Prints, November 6-December 1, 1989.

Brought to you by

Quincie Dixon Associate Specialist, Head of Sale

qdixon@christies.com +1 212 636 2141

Lot Essay

The present work was reproduced as a lithograph in an edition of 200 by the NAACP Special Contribution Fund on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.

Jacob Lawrence was awarded the NAACP's highest honor, the Springarn Medal, in 1970.

More from Modern American Art

View All