Romare Bearden
Black Venus
1968
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Artist
Romare Bearden
(American, 1911–1988)
- Title Black Venus
- Date 1968
- Medium Mixed-media collage
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Dimensions
unframed | 29 3/4 x 40 3/16 in.
- Credit line University purchase, Charles H. Yalem Art Fund, 1994
- Copyright © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Object number WU 1994.01
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Inscription LR in black pen: “Rom/are/bear/den”
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