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JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
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JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)

The Legend of John Brown: three plates

Closed1 March 2016

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JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000)
The Legend of John Brown: three plates
screenprint in colors, on Domestic Etching paper, 1977, each signed and dated in pencil, each numbered 25/60 (there was also 1 artist's proof for each), published by the Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, with full margins, in very good condition, framed
Image: 20 x 14 1/8 in. (508 x 359 mm.)
Sheet: 25 7/8 x 20 in. (657 x 508 mm.)
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Including: No. 7, To the people he found worthy of his trust, he communicated his plans; No. 12, John Brown's victory at Black Jack drove those pro-slavery to new fury, and those who were anti-slavery to new efforts; and No. 22, John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the 1st degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859;