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New York: The Limited Editions Club. Printed by Heritage Printers on Cartiere Enrico Magnani paper; silkscreens printed by George Drexel at Osiris Printing on Whatman paper, 1989. Imperial folio. (21 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches). First edition. Numbered 18 of 400 copies. Signed by the artist in pencil on the colophon. With 8 original color silkscreens. Plate marks: (19 1/4 x 14 inches). Sheet sizes: (21 1/2 x 16 inches). Bound in full midnight blue Japanese cotton with gilt lettering, within a suede-lined dark blue clamshell box with gilt stamp label A signed epic production of the Book of Genesis with eight striking silk-screen illustrations by the seminal American painter of the Black experience, Jacob Lawrence. Each of these eight Jacob Lawrence prints describes a passage from the Book of Genesis in the King James version of the Bible. As Lawrence explained, "My inspiration came from memories of the preachers at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, the Church in which I was baptized and which… Leer más

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. A fine copy in navy blue cloth boards, with elegant gilt lettering to front panel. Housed in cloth clamshell case, with suede lining and leather lettering piece to front panel; very minor scuffing to front panel, else fine. Accompanied by the corresponding LEC newsletter (Number 558, May 1990).. Limited Edition. Over-sized folio. Featuring 8 brilliant color silkscreen prints from Jacob Lawrence; SIGNED by him to colophon and hand-numbered as 359 of 400 copies. Having earlier worked with the Limited Editions Club on their production of John Hersey's Hiroshima (1983), Jacob Lawrence was here commissioned with the formal challenge of illustrating the Book of Genesis. Seizing upon the metaphor of the stain-glass window, Lawrence discovered a most elegant solution: "My inspiration came from memories of the preachers at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, the church in which I was baptized and which I faithfully attended in my youth.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1989. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence. This is number 341. Illustrated with eight original silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence printed on fine Whatman paper by Osiris Printing. Original prospectus laid in. Folio. Original blue cloth, clamshell box by Karl Folkes at the Spectrum Bindery and John Isakovics of Jovonis Bindery. Fine. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence. This is number 341. Illustrated with eight original silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence printed on fine Whatman paper by Osiris Printing. Original prospectus laid in. Folio.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. hardcover. Fine in a Fine suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label. Jacob Lawrence. Large folio bound in full midnight blue Japanese cotton. Copy #160 of only 400 numbered copies, SIGNED on the colophon by Jacob Lawrence who has contributed 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS to this massive (16" x 22") and truly magnificent work, one of the high points of the press. These silkscreens are identical, except for not being individually signed, to the very few portfolios of 8 prints currently selling for upwards of fifty thousand dollars. According to the publisher, anywhere from 17 to 21 screens were required to bring out the coloring of each illustration, making a total of 144 separate stencils, all of which were destroyed after the strictly limited number of some 400 original sets of prints had been achieved on the fine Whatman paper specified by the Osiris Printing Studio in New York. The text was printed on a heavy handmade paper from Cartiere Enrico Magnani of… Leer más