Grand Performance

Details

JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
Grand Performance
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 1992' (lower right)
gouache and graphite on paper
26 ½ x 20 in. (67.3 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 1992.

Provenance

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1995

Literature

L. Allan, Contemporary Art in the Northwest, North Ryden, Australia, 1995, p. 139 (illustrated).
P.T. Nesbett and M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999): A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, 2000, p. 203, no. P92-02 (illustrated).

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Michael Baptist Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale

MBaptist@christies.com +1 212 636 2660

Lot Essay

The present work was commissioned by Anheuser-Busch Companies to celebrate the 1993 NAACP Image Awards 25th Anniversary and was subsequently distributed in an edition of lithographs to raise funds for the NAACP's Stay in School Program.

Grand Performance

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

More from Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale