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Ten Builders
1996
Jacob Lawrence (Artist) American, 1917-2000 Berit Bardarson (Printer) American, active 20th Century Marcia Bartholme (Printer) American, active 20th Century Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project (Publisher) American, active late 20th Century
Soft-ground etching and aquatint printed in color on white wove paper
Image: 10 7/8 × 16 3/4 inches (27.6 × 42.5 cm) Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 inches (50.2 × 63.5 cm)
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African American Art
Gift of the Friends of African and African American Art
1998.164
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Markings
Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1996
Inscribed, lower left: 13/65 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1996
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1998-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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© 2005 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Jacob Lawrence, Ten Builders, 1996, soft-ground etching and aquatint printed in color on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Friends of African and African American Art, 1998.164.
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