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ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988) The Lamp.
Color lithograph with foil stamping on wove paper, 1984. 597x445 mm; 23 1/2x17 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 100. Signed, titled, inscribed "A/P" and numbered 1/15 in pencil, lower margin.
The Lamp commemorates the 30th anniversary of the landmark court decision Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, which declared segregated schools in the United States to be unconstitutional; the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund used the image on their poster marking the occasion. Gelburd/Rosenberg GG#112.
