Jun 24, 2008 - Sale 2151

Sale 2151 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JACOB LAWRENCE
The Swearing In.

Color screenprint on cream wove paper, 1977. 457x711 mm; 18x28 inches, wide margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 46/100 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the Screenprint Workshop, East Hampton, N.Y. Published by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Washington, D.C. From Inaugural Impressions. Significant scattered rolling breaks throughout the surface of the ink.

Lawrence was commissioned to commemorate the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter in 1977 with a print included in a portfolio with works by 4 other artists: Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and Jamie Wyeth. Nesbett L77-1.