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ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1988) Untitled (Scales of Justice).
Collage of mixed colored papers, circa 1976. 520x770 mm; 20x15 inches. Signed in ink, lower left.
Provenance: the artist; private New York collection.
This mid-career collage is a strong example of Bearden's work in representing themes related to African-American history. The color forms are simplified, and the collage's figure is very similar to that in the fabric collage, Capitivity and Resistance, commissioned to open the African-American Museum, Philadelphia, in 1976. Fine pp. 83-85, pl. 78.
