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JACOB LAWRENCE (1917 - 2000) Eight Passages.
8 color screenprints chine-collé on St. Armand paper, 1990. Each 660x1016 mm; 26x40 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.
One of four hors commerce sets, aside from the numbered edition of 22. Each print signed and inscribed "HC" in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Stone Press Editions, Seattle, with the blind stamp lower right. Published by the Limited Editions Club, New York. With the title and colophon pages. Superb, clean impressions, with bright and vibrant colors.
The prints illustrate the King James version of the Book of Genesis. Bearing captions lithographed from mylars handwritten by the artist, this "exhibition portfolio" format is much larger than the regular edition of Eight Studies for the Book of Genesis. Nesbett 90-2.
Provenance: collection of Alitash Kebede, Los Angeles, CA.
Exhibited: part of the 2003-08 travelling exhibition Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints, this set was exhibited at many regional museums across the country including North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, The Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, the Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL and the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL.
