Oct 19, 2023 - Sale 2649

Sale 2649 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
JACOB LAWRENCE (1917 - 2000)
The First Book of Moses Called Genesis.

Bound volume with complete text and 8 color screenprints on Whatman Print Matt paper, 1989-90. 498x365 mm; 19 5/8x14 3/8 inches, full margins, bound as issued.

One of 400 signed and numbered sets. Signed and numbered 156 in pencil on the colophon. Printed by George Drexel, Osiris Screen Printing, New York. Published by the Limited Editions Club, New York.

In the original black linen-covered clamshell box. Nesbett L90-2.

Provenance: the collection of George T. Wein, New York; the estate of George T. Wein (2021)

All proceeds to benefit the Newport Festivals Foundations, Inc., the non-profit organization created by George Wein to carry on the legacy of his Newport Jazz and Newport Folk Festivals.