Sale 1699
New York
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12 September 2006
Price realised
USD 15,600
Estimate
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) Worker with Tools signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 1997' (lower right) crayon on paper 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.)
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Literature
P. Nesbett, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-1999): A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, 2000, p. 275, no. D97-01, illustrated.
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