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Romare BeardenMECKLENBURG AUTUMN Signed Lithograph, Black Women Portrait, African Mask, Quilt1979
1979
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MECKLENBURG AUTUMN is an original limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an edition size of 175 by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden. Almost fluorescent yellow orange sets the background for MECKLENBURG AUTUMN, an intriguing collage portrait of two black women. One woman is seated her face depicted as an African Mask cutout shape; a multicolored pattern quilt on her lap held by her large hands. She appears as almost Buddha-like in her pose. The second figure is a more contemporary black woman dressed in cobalt blue standing to the left; a blazing red sun is visible through the window at right. MECKLENBURG AUTUMN is a colorful interior scene expressing an impressive visual memory from Bearden's childhood in Mecklenburg County North Carolina.
Print size - 27.25 x 21.25 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Romare Bearden
Image Size: 23 x 16 inches
Edition size - 175, plus proofs
Year Published - 1979
Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY
About the artist-
Romare Bearden, in full Romare Howard Bearden, (born September 2, 1911, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.—died March 12, 1988, New York City, New York), American painter, whose collages of photographs and painted paper on canvas depict aspects of American black culture in a style derived from Cubism. He is considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century.
Bearden was born in North Carolina but grew up in New York City and Pittsburgh. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City with George Grosz (1936–37) and at Columbia University (1943). His early paintings were realistic and often religious in theme (e.g., The Annunciation, 1942). After military service during World War II, he lived in Paris (1950–51), studied at the Sorbonne, and traveled extensively in Europe. During this period he developed his mature, semiabstract collage style. He first achieved recognition in the mid-1940s, and by the 1960s he had come to be regarded as the preeminent collagist in the U.S.
The narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and archetypal; ritual, music, and family are his pervasive themes. His works’ complexity lies in their poetic abstraction, in which layered fragments of colour and pattern evoke the rhythms, textures, and mysteries of a people’s experience (e.g., in Family, 1969).
Bearden also was a songwriter and book illustrator, and he occasionally designed sets for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. In 1990 the Romare Bearden Foundation was established to promote his work and to support African American artists.
Artist bio - Encylopedia Britannica
- Creator:Romare Bearden (1911 - 1988, American)
- Creation Year:1979
- Dimensions:Height: 27.25 in (69.22 cm)Width: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)
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- Condition:Mint condition, unframed, fresh vivid colors, pencil signed inscribed P.P.(Printers Proof) aside from the edition of 175. Printers chop mark embossed on lower edge. From the master printers private colletion, Print Documentation/COA will be provided.
- Gallery Location:Union City, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU832313425782
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden was an inventive American modern artist whose unique visual style set him apart. Working with a variety of media, Bearden made paintings distinguished by a bold use of color and rich texture. His figurative, landscape and portrait prints had influences ranging from Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso to traditional Japanese, Chinese and African art.
Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1911. He pursued a degree in education and attended Lincoln University, Boston University and New York University. At New York University he began taking courses in art. During his time there, he served as the art editor and lead cartoonist at a journal called The Medley. To further his creative passions, Bearden attended the Art Students League of New York. From 1935 to 1937, he was the editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Afro-American.
Bearden worked as a social worker from the mid-1930s until the 1960s. He continued creating art during his evenings and weekends and began exhibiting in solo shows across the United States in the 1940s. Bearden would go on to exhibit throughout Europe.
Bearden was a prolific writer on social issues, and his words complemented his art. He was active in African American advocacy groups and helped found important community art venues and organizations like the Harlem Cultural Council in 1964 and the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1968. He also published books on art and African American art history.
Bearden earned many prestigious honors, including honorary doctorates from Davidson College, Atlanta University, Carnegie Mellon University and Pratt Institute. Bearden also received the New York City Mayor’s Award of Honor for Art and Culture in 1984 and the National Medal of Arts in 1987, presented by President Ronald Reagan. He died in New York City on March 12, 1988.
Today, Bearden's work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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