Oct 06, 2016 - Sale 2424

Sale 2424 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988)
The Dancer.

Color lithograph, circa 1982. 470x356 mm; 18 1/2x14 inches, full margins. Printer's proof, aside from an edition of an unknown size. Signed and inscribed "P/P" and "For Bob" in pencil, lower margin.

Bearden created prints to help finance the Nanette Bearden Dance Company, although the full edition of this lithograph was likely not realized. Gelburd and Rosenberg illustrate two different states--3 and 4--of 5 different color variations. Gelburd/Rosenberg GG#107.