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Romare Bearden : Artist as Activist and Visionary
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- Print
- TL2020.01.011
- Black Enterprise
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- Print
- TL2020.01.037
- Circe Turns a Companion of Odysseus into Swine
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- Print
- 2017.04.001
- Fall of Troy
- Large landscape scene of the city of Troy on fire. View from sea looking at shore and city line. Edition # AP 3/20... View Full Record
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- Collage
- 2012.13.007
- Family
- Abstract collage of five figures inside a home; figure on left is a man wearing a hat and leaning forward; two female figues are on right wearing scarves on their heads; two small silhouette figures bottom center - one standing and one sitting on a c... View Full Record
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- Print
- TL2020.01.038
- Homage to Mary Lou (The Piano Lesson)
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- Print
- 2017.04.004
- Home to Ithaca
- Sailing ship at right with figure at the left side of the ship sailing towards the rocky shore of city line, including several towers, with sky and hills in the background. Palm trees are on top of the hills and clouds in the sky.
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- 2007.04.002
- In the Garden
- Lithograph of a woman waving and wearing a checkered print dress and hat while standing in a garden.
Edition #88/150.... View Full Record
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- Collage
- 2006.03.001
- Morning
- Brightly colored painting of room interior and two female figures sitting at a table.... View Full Record
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- Print
- TL2020.01.012
- Roots (Odyssey)
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- Print
- 2017.04.005
- Siren Song
- Scene depicts Odysseus' ship passing the Isle of the siren's while he is tied to the mast to not be tempted by the songs of the women on the shore, the Sirens. Edition # LXVIII/LXXV... View Full Record
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- Print
- TL2020.01.009
- Slave Ship
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- Painting
- TL2020.01.002
- Soup Kitchen
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- Collage
- TL2020.01.017
- The Circus
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- Print
- TL2020.01.028
- The Family
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- Print
- 2017.04.002
- The Family
- Etching print of four figures at a table preparing food, two adults, one, a female, wearing an apron and standing in front of a table, and two children. One figure is in the shower in the background. Edition # 163/175... View Full Record
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- Print
- TL2020.01.014
- The Lamp
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- Print
- 2017.04.003
- The Processional
- Four figures dressed in elaborate clothes and haristyles, all in percessional profile Edition # 110/150... View Full Record
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- Print
- 2006.03.002
- Woman and Child Reading/ Untitled (Verso)
- Two-sided print: one of mother and child, the other abstract.... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Black & White)
- MS01.11.01.P0242
- Group greeting Romare Bearden at the Nashville Airport
- From left to right, Mitchell Caton, Aaron Douglas, Carlton Moss, Romare Bearden, and David C. Driskell at the Nashville Airport. Bearden came in to Nashville to visit Fisk University.... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Color)
- MS01.11.01.P0243
- Group gathered at Nashville Airport for arrival of Romare Bearden
- From left to right, Mitchell Caton, Carlton Moss, Romare Bearden, Robert Sengstacke, Aaron Douglas, and David C. Driskell outside the Nashville Airport upon Bearden's arrival to visit Fisk University.... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Black & White)
- MS01.11.01.P0247
- Romare Bearden visiting the MacDonald Collection of African Art
- Romare Bearden visiting the MacDonald Collection of African Art in the Aaron Douglas Wing of the Carl Van Vechten Gallery. Bearden was visiting Fisk University at the time. Bearden is pictured with his hat in his hand and looking at some African scul... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Black & White)
- MS01.11.01.P0248
- Earl Hooks, David C. Driskell, and Romare Bearden at Driskell's home in Nashville
- From left to right, Earl Hooks, David C. Driskell, and Romare Bearden at Driskell's home in Nashville. Bearden was visiting Fisk University. Hooks and Driskell are seated on a couch and Driskell is talking to someone off camera. Bearden is seated in... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Color)
- MS01.11.01.P0396
- Romare Bearden and David Driskell in Bearden's studio in Astoria, New York
- Romare Bearden and David Driskell in Bearden's studio in Astoria, New York. Bearden is wearing a navy blue jumpsuit and fedora hat and Driskell is wearing blue jeans and a striped polo shirt with a white hat. The two men are looking down at something... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Color)
- MS01.11.01.P0400
- Romare Bearden in his studio in Astoria, New York during a visit from David C. Driskell.
- Romare Bearden in his studio in Astoria, New York during a visit from David C. Driskell. Bearden looks as though he is talking to someone out of the frame to the right. Leaning against the walls behind and next to him are canvases. Bearden is wearnin... View Full Record
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- Print, Photographic (Color)
- MS01.11.01.P0401
- David C. Driskell and Romare Bearden during Driskell's visit to Bearden's Astoria, New York studio
- David C. Driskell and Romare Bearden during Driskell's visit to Bearden's Astoria, New York studio. The two men are standing next to each other--Bearden has his left elbow on Driskell's left shoulder and Driskell has his right hand at his chin.
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