JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508271
Lot 516 | JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
Estimate value
700000USD $ 700 000 – 1 000 000
The Carpenters
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 1946' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor and graphite on paper
19 ½ x 25 ½ in. (49.5 x 64.8 cm.)
Executed in 1946.
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York
Private collection, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1946
Private collection, New Jersey, by descent from the above
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2019, lot 20
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Further Details
This lot is accompanied by a letter of opinion regarding the authenticity of the painting by Peter Nesbett, co-author of the catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
| Artist: | Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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