Works by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Morning Still Life, 1976
silkscreen on Arches 88 paper, from hand color-separated photo stencils, screens destroyed
24 x 17-1/2 inches (image) full margins
signed, titled, dated and numbered, 47/200
The Builders (The Family), 1974
silkscreen on wove paper through hand-cut film stencils, screens destroyed
30 x 22-1/8 inches, full margins
signed, titled, dated, and numbered, 45/300
Printed by Ives-Sillman, New Haven, with the blind stamp lower right. Published by IBM Corporation, New York.
lithograph on Rives BFK paper from hand color-separated photo aluminum plates
30 x 22-1/4 inches (sheet)
signed, titled and numbered, 121/150
Printed by Stone Press Editions, Seattle, with the blind stamp, lower right.
Published jointly by the American Indian Heritage Foundation and Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle.
Harlem Street Scene, 1975
Silk screen on wove paper through hand-cut film stencils
24-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches (image)
30-3/8 x 22-1/4 inches (full sheet)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered, 82/150
Chess Players, 1970
lithograph on German Copperplate paper, from a stone plate hand drawn by the artist, plate destroyed
13 x 18 inches (full margins)
signed, titled and dated, numbered 8/30
Published by Jacob Lawrence; printed by faculty and students of the School of Art,
University of Washington, Seattle (Professor Bill Ritchie and Christy Wyekoff).
6. On the Way, 1990
lithograph on Rives BFK paper, from hand-drawn aluminum plates
39 x 29-5/8 inches
signed, dated, titled and numbered, 43/100, plates destroyed
Published by the Resident Associate Program of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
on the occasion of its 25th anniversary; printed by Stone Press Editions, Seattle
7. To the Defense, 1989
lithograph on Arches paper from hand-drawn aluminum plates (plates destroyed)
31-7/8 x 24 inches (image and sheet)
signed, titled, dated and numbered, 39/200
Published by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund on its 50th Anniversary.
Printed by Stone Press Editions, Seattle
8. John Brown collected money from sympathizers and friends to carry out his plans
1977
silkscreen print on Domestic Etching Paper through hand-cut stencils, screens destroyed
20 x 14 inches (image)
25 7/8 x 20 inches (sheet)
signed, dated; numbered 32/60, with #14 in pencil
Published by the Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; printed by Ives-Sillman, New Haven, CT.
9. Olympic Games, 1971
offset lithograph on archival paper
39-1/2 x 25-1/8 inches (sheet)
signed in the screen