Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Supermarket―Periodicals
signed and dated 'Jacob Lawrence 1994' (lower right)―inscribed with title (on the reverse)
gouache and pencil on paper
19¾ x 25¾ in. (50.2 x 65.4 cm.)


Provenance
Collection of Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence, Seattle, Washington.
By bequest to the present owner.


Literature
Southern Methodist University, Meadows Museum, Owens Art Center, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings from Two Series, 1940 and 1994, exhibition pamphlet, Dallas, Texas, 1996, p. 3, illustrated.
J.T. Dodd, "Jacob Lawrence: Recent Work," International Review of African American Art, 14, 1, 1997, n.p., illustrated.
C.L. Benson, Jacob Lawrence, exhibition catalogue, Savannah, Georgia, 1998, p. 6, fig. 3, illustrated.
P.T. Nesbett, M. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999), A Catalogue Raisonné, Seattle, Washington, 2000, p. 207, no. P94-11, illustrated.


Exhibited
Seattle, Washington, Francine Seders Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: New Paintings, December 2, 1994-January 15, 1995.
Dallas, Texas, Southern Methodist University, Meadows Museum, Owens Art Center, Jacob Lawrence: Paintings from Two Series, 1940 and 1994, October 25-December 8, 1996.
La Conner, Washington, Museum of Northwest Art, Jacob Lawrence, An American Vision: Paintings and Prints 1942-1996, March 15-July 2, 1997.
Savannah, Georgia, Savannah College of Art and Design, Pinnacle Gallery, Jacob Lawrence, January 8-March 1, 1998, no. 3.
Winter Park, Florida, The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Beyond the Veil: Art of African-American Artists at Century's End, January 16-February 28, 1999.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Center, Bumberbiennale: Painting 2000, August 29-September 4, 2000.
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence Memorial Exhibition: Paintings 1937-1999, February 6-March 3, 2001.
New York, D.C. Moore Gallery, Jacob Lawrence: Prints and Selected Paintings, May 11-July 16, 2004.