Oct 06, 2011 - Sale 2255

Sale 2255 - Lot 111

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988)
Baptism.

Color screenprint, 1975. 813x1140 mm; 32x45 inches, full margins. An hors commerce impression, aside from the edition of 50. Signed, titled, inscribed "HC" and numbered III/VI in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression with strong, vibrant colors of this monumental print.

Romare Bearden's largest print is based on the collage Of the Blues: Carolina Shout from 1974. We have found only three other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Gelburd/Rosenberg GG#41.