JACOB LAWRENCE (1917 - 2000) Figure Study after Vesalius (Leaning with Tool Shelf and Bowl of Fruit).
Graphite on paper, 1979, 1996. 178x254 mm; 7x10 inches, full margins. Initialed "J. L." and dated "79" in pencil, lower right.
Provenance: the estate of the artist; Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle; private collection.
Jacob Lawrence started his Figure Studies after Vesalius series in 1968, drafting the majority of the anatomical compositions by 1980. Lawrence revisited the drawings in 1996, adding the background elements and completing the series. Nesbett V-40.
