The Complete Jacob Lawrence (2 Vols) - Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence [with] Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonne [Signed Limited Edition]

Jacob Lawrence; Peter Nesbett & Michelle DuBois [eds.]

ISBN 10: 0295979682 / ISBN 13: 9780295979687

Published by University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 2000

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Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 2000. Limited Edition of 250 signed copies, this being number 203. Two quarto volumes (30cm); illustrated dust jackets over red and blue cloth boards with black lettering; 285pp, 343pp; color illus. throughout; housed in publisher's slipcase. Jackets are crisp and bright with a couple very faint smudges to surface and light bumping to tail of Catalogue Raisonne. Boards are sturdy and square. Slipcase is sturdy and solid with a few stray scuffs and smudges but no splits or bumps. Publisher's description / UPC slip formerly attached to outer shrinkwrap laid in, though cleanly torn in half. Signed by Lawrence without inscription on dedication page. The culmination of six years of research by the Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonne Project , the set documents over 900 paintings, drawings, and murals, with essays by eight art historians on Lawrence's work. Lawrence was the first African-American artist to be represented by a New York agency and to have work held in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Jacob Lawrence (2 Vols) - Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence [with] Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonne [Signed Limited Edition]
• Publisher: University of Washington Press, Seattle and London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295979682
• ISBN 13: 9780295979687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 11 pounds
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Signed
  • Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists

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Synopsis

Born in 1917, Jacob Lawrence spent his childhood in New York City, attending classes at the Harlem Community Art Center and the American Artists School, and later working for the Federal Art Project. While still in his twenties Lawrence exhibited his paintings at major museums across the country, including the Phillips Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he became the first African American artist to have work represented in the permanent collection. He lived, painted, and taught in New York City until 1971, when he joined the faculty of the University of Washington. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Medal of Arts.

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